Ashmore vs Lerna

A side-by-side comparison of Ashmore and Lerna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashmore has the higher population (750 vs 220 in Lerna). Ashmore has the higher median household income ($57,361 vs $48,750 in Lerna). Ashmore has the higher median home value ($87,100 vs $80,800 in Lerna).

Population, income & housing

	Ashmore	Lerna
Population	750	220
Median age	39.3 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,361	$48,750
Median home value	$87,100	$80,800
Median gross rent	$773	$800
Housing units	363	127
Homeownership rate	82.8%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashmore	Lerna
Population	782 → 750 (-4.1%)	253 → 220 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $57,361 (+15.7%)	$43,500 → $48,750 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $87,100 (+13.0%)	$66,200 → $80,800 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $773 (+23.5%)	$521 → $800 (+53.6%)

Ashmore

Population

782750

Median household income

$49,583$57,361

Median home value

$77,100$87,100

Median gross rent

$626$773

Lerna

Population

253220

Median household income

$43,500$48,750

Median home value

$66,200$80,800

Median gross rent

$521$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashmore	Lerna
Under 5	3.9%	11.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	13.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	17.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	5.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	6.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	15.0%
75 and over	5.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashmore	Lerna
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashmore	Lerna
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashmore	Lerna
Drove alone	85.8%	89.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashmore	Lerna
1-unit, detached	86.5%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Ashmore	Lerna
Poverty rate	21.1%	17.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1970	1961