Humboldt vs Mattoon

A side-by-side comparison of Humboldt and Mattoon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mattoon has the higher population (16,334 vs 360 in Humboldt). Humboldt has the higher median household income ($58,375 vs $47,308 in Mattoon). Mattoon has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $75,000 in Humboldt).

Population, income & housing

	Humboldt	Mattoon
Population	360	16,334
Median age	41.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,375	$47,308
Median home value	$75,000	$96,000
Median gross rent	$879	$764
Housing units	166	8,762
Homeownership rate	74.5%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humboldt	Mattoon
Population	461 → 360 (-21.9%)	17,394 → 16,334 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $58,375 (+16.0%)	$39,852 → $47,308 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$68,700 → $75,000 (+9.2%)	$85,400 → $96,000 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $879 (+25.6%)	$663 → $764 (+15.2%)

Humboldt

Population

461360

Median household income

$50,313$58,375

Median home value

$68,700$75,000

Median gross rent

$700$879

Mattoon

Population

17,39416,334

Median household income

$39,852$47,308

Median home value

$85,400$96,000

Median gross rent

$663$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humboldt	Mattoon
Under 5	1.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	3.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humboldt	Mattoon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humboldt	Mattoon
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	41.9%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humboldt	Mattoon
Drove alone	72.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	21.4%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humboldt	Mattoon
1-unit, detached	79.5%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Humboldt	Mattoon
Poverty rate	12.1%	21.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1970	1956