Aroma Park vs Herscher

A side-by-side comparison of Aroma Park and Herscher: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Herscher has the higher population (1,302 vs 702 in Aroma Park). Herscher has the higher median household income ($100,833 vs $72,250 in Aroma Park). Herscher has the higher median home value ($198,200 vs $150,400 in Aroma Park).

Population, income & housing

	Aroma Park	Herscher
Population	702	1,302
Median age	45.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,250	$100,833
Median home value	$150,400	$198,200
Median gross rent	$861	$1,093
Housing units	285	563
Homeownership rate	83.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aroma Park	Herscher
Population	740 → 702 (-5.1%)	1,512 → 1,302 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$50,500 → $72,250 (+43.1%)	$68,523 → $100,833 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $150,400 (+36.4%)	$160,600 → $198,200 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $861 (+0.0%)	$800 → $1,093 (+36.6%)

Aroma Park

Population

740702

Median household income

$50,500$72,250

Median home value

$110,300$150,400

Median gross rent

$861$861

Herscher

Population

1,5121,302

Median household income

$68,523$100,833

Median home value

$160,600$198,200

Median gross rent

$800$1,093

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aroma Park	Herscher
Under 5	4.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	6.7%	16.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	8.9%
75 and over	8.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aroma Park	Herscher
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aroma Park	Herscher
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aroma Park	Herscher
Drove alone	82.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	9.2%
Other means	3.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aroma Park	Herscher
1-unit, detached	95.1%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aroma Park	Herscher
Poverty rate	16.5%	4.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1954	1969