Cherry vs Neponset

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry and Neponset: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherry and Neponset are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherry has the higher population (488 vs 411 in Neponset). Neponset has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $47,250 in Cherry). Cherry has the higher median home value ($96,900 vs $73,800 in Neponset).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry	Neponset
Population	488	411
Median age	54.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,250	$74,375
Median home value	$96,900	$73,800
Median gross rent	$892	$770
Housing units	249	202
Homeownership rate	85.3%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry	Neponset
Population	403 → 488 (+21.1%)	454 → 411 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $47,250 (-4.7%)	$53,182 → $74,375 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $96,900 (+23.4%)	$65,200 → $73,800 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $892 (+14.8%)	$679 → $770 (+13.4%)

Cherry

Population

403488

Median household income

$49,583$47,250

Median home value

$78,500$96,900

Median gross rent

$777$892

Neponset

Population

454411

Median household income

$53,182$74,375

Median home value

$65,200$73,800

Median gross rent

$679$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry	Neponset
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	5.6%
75 and over	18.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry	Neponset
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry	Neponset
No high school diploma	18.9%	5.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry	Neponset
Drove alone	90.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry	Neponset
1-unit, detached	98.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Cherry	Neponset
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1944	1955