Harmon vs Nelson

A side-by-side comparison of Harmon and Nelson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nelson has the higher population (114 vs 81 in Harmon). Harmon has the higher median household income ($57,083 vs $45,938 in Nelson). Harmon has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $71,300 in Nelson).

Population, income & housing

	Harmon	Nelson
Population	81	114
Median age	52.7 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$45,938
Median home value	$112,500	$71,300
Median gross rent	—	$600
Housing units	41	61
Homeownership rate	91.2%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harmon	Nelson
Population	128 → 81 (-36.7%)	136 → 114 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $57,083 (+38.4%)	$31,667 → $45,938 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $112,500 (+33.3%)	$74,200 → $71,300 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$738 → $600 (-18.7%)

Harmon

Population

12881

Median household income

$41,250$57,083

Median home value

$84,400$112,500

Nelson

Population

136114

Median household income

$31,667$45,938

Median home value

$74,200$71,300

Median gross rent

$738$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harmon	Nelson
Under 5	4.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	9.9%	10.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.6%
25 to 34	3.7%	0.9%
35 to 44	8.6%	24.6%
45 to 54	23.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	20.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	21.1%
75 and over	13.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harmon	Nelson
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harmon	Nelson
No high school diploma	4.7%	23.7%
High school graduate	70.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harmon	Nelson
Drove alone	94.3%	89.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	10.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harmon	Nelson
1-unit, detached	97.6%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harmon	Nelson
Poverty rate	12.3%	21.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1946	1947