Herscher vs Manteno

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

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

Manteno has the higher population (8,942 vs 1,302 in Herscher). Herscher has the higher median household income ($100,833 vs $96,057 in Manteno). Manteno has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $198,200 in Herscher).

Population, income & housing

	Herscher	Manteno
Population	1,302	8,942
Median age	39.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,833	$96,057
Median home value	$198,200	$241,700
Median gross rent	$1,093	$1,072
Housing units	563	4,033
Homeownership rate	74.0%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herscher	Manteno
Population	1,512 → 1,302 (-13.9%)	8,539 → 8,942 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$68,523 → $100,833 (+47.2%)	$63,371 → $96,057 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$160,600 → $198,200 (+23.4%)	$177,500 → $241,700 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,093 (+36.6%)	$888 → $1,072 (+20.7%)

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

Manteno

Population

8,5398,942

Median household income

$63,371$96,057

Median home value

$177,500$241,700

Median gross rent

$888$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herscher	Manteno
Under 5	7.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.7%
75 and over	10.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herscher	Manteno
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herscher	Manteno
No high school diploma	0.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	29.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herscher	Manteno
Drove alone	82.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herscher	Manteno
1-unit, detached	79.8%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Herscher	Manteno
Poverty rate	4.9%	3.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1969	1993