Essex vs Herscher

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

Essex 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 956 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($101,094 vs $100,833 in Herscher). Essex has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $198,200 in Herscher).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Herscher
Population	956	1,302
Median age	31.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,094	$100,833
Median home value	$219,000	$198,200
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,093
Housing units	351	563
Homeownership rate	90.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Herscher
Population	907 → 956 (+5.4%)	1,512 → 1,302 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $101,094 (+26.4%)	$68,523 → $100,833 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$191,400 → $219,000 (+14.4%)	$160,600 → $198,200 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,141 → $1,147 (+0.5%)	$800 → $1,093 (+36.6%)

Essex

Population

907956

Median household income

$80,000$101,094

Median home value

$191,400$219,000

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,147

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)

	Essex	Herscher
Under 5	10.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	26.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	1.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.9%
75 and over	3.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Herscher
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Herscher
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Herscher
Drove alone	73.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	9.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Herscher
1-unit, detached	92.0%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Herscher
Poverty rate	4.8%	4.9%
Average household size	2.98	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1987	1969