Lerna vs Mattoon

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

Lerna 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 220 in Lerna). Lerna has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $47,308 in Mattoon). Mattoon has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $80,800 in Lerna).

Population, income & housing

	Lerna	Mattoon
Population	220	16,334
Median age	30.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$47,308
Median home value	$80,800	$96,000
Median gross rent	$800	$764
Housing units	127	8,762
Homeownership rate	71.4%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lerna	Mattoon
Population	253 → 220 (-13.0%)	17,394 → 16,334 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $48,750 (+12.1%)	$39,852 → $47,308 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $80,800 (+22.1%)	$85,400 → $96,000 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $800 (+53.6%)	$663 → $764 (+15.2%)

Lerna

Population

253220

Median household income

$43,500$48,750

Median home value

$66,200$80,800

Median gross rent

$521$800

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)

	Lerna	Mattoon
Under 5	11.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	13.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.3%
75 and over	10.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lerna	Mattoon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lerna	Mattoon
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	50.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lerna	Mattoon
Drove alone	89.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lerna	Mattoon
1-unit, detached	81.9%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Lerna	Mattoon
Poverty rate	17.0%	21.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1961	1956