Herrick vs Tower Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Herrick and Tower Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Herrick has the higher population (405 vs 387 in Tower Hill). Herrick has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $52,917 in Tower Hill). Herrick has the higher median home value ($70,800 vs $61,300 in Tower Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Herrick	Tower Hill
Population	405	387
Median age	33.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$52,917
Median home value	$70,800	$61,300
Median gross rent	$1,063	$792
Housing units	163	189
Homeownership rate	85.8%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herrick	Tower Hill
Population	328 → 405 (+23.5%)	816 → 387 (-52.6%)
Median household income	$39,219 → $58,750 (+49.8%)	$54,375 → $52,917 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$47,100 → $70,800 (+50.3%)	$49,400 → $61,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $1,063 (+101.3%)	$653 → $792 (+21.3%)

Herrick

Population

328405

Median household income

$39,219$58,750

Median home value

$47,100$70,800

Median gross rent

$528$1,063

Tower Hill

Population

816387

Median household income

$54,375$52,917

Median home value

$49,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$653$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herrick	Tower Hill
Under 5	4.0%	13.2%
5 to 17	24.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.7%
75 and over	8.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herrick	Tower Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herrick	Tower Hill
No high school diploma	8.2%	21.0%
High school graduate	55.5%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herrick	Tower Hill
Drove alone	83.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	0.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	9.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herrick	Tower Hill
1-unit, detached	63.2%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.4%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Herrick	Tower Hill
Poverty rate	8.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	35	18
Median year structure built	1975	1958