Grant Park vs Herscher

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

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

Grant Park has the higher population (1,547 vs 1,302 in Herscher). Herscher has the higher median household income ($100,833 vs $72,500 in Grant Park). Grant Park has the higher median home value ($205,500 vs $198,200 in Herscher).

Population, income & housing

	Grant Park	Herscher
Population	1,547	1,302
Median age	33.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$100,833
Median home value	$205,500	$198,200
Median gross rent	$1,149	$1,093
Housing units	472	563
Homeownership rate	67.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant Park	Herscher
Population	1,411 → 1,547 (+9.6%)	1,512 → 1,302 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$60,000 → $72,500 (+20.8%)	$68,523 → $100,833 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $205,500 (+31.3%)	$160,600 → $198,200 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,149 (+36.6%)	$800 → $1,093 (+36.6%)

Grant Park

Population

1,4111,547

Median household income

$60,000$72,500

Median home value

$156,500$205,500

Median gross rent

$841$1,149

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)

	Grant Park	Herscher
Under 5	12.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	29.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	2.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.9%
75 and over	6.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant Park	Herscher
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant Park	Herscher
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant Park	Herscher
Drove alone	88.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant Park	Herscher
1-unit, detached	73.3%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	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

	Grant Park	Herscher
Poverty rate	12.0%	4.9%
Average household size	3.26	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1972	1969