Cambria vs Herrin

A side-by-side comparison of Cambria and Herrin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Herrin has the higher population (12,271 vs 1,271 in Cambria). Herrin has the higher median household income ($58,501 vs $51,042 in Cambria). Cambria has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $109,100 in Herrin).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Herrin
Population	1,271	12,271
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	$58,501
Median home value	$140,100	$109,100
Median gross rent	$973	$1,016
Housing units	752	6,012
Homeownership rate	40.4%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Herrin
Population	1,239 → 1,271 (+2.6%)	12,827 → 12,271 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,042 (+15.8%)	$44,989 → $58,501 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $140,100 (+84.1%)	$87,700 → $109,100 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $973 (+34.6%)	$640 → $1,016 (+58.8%)

Cambria

Population

1,2391,271

Median household income

$44,063$51,042

Median home value

$76,100$140,100

Median gross rent

$723$973

Herrin

Population

12,82712,271

Median household income

$44,989$58,501

Median home value

$87,700$109,100

Median gross rent

$640$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambria	Herrin
Under 5	4.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	23.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	22.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.1%
75 and over	4.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Herrin
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	85.0%
Black or African American	5.8%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Herrin
No high school diploma	11.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Herrin
Drove alone	91.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Herrin
1-unit, detached	45.7%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Herrin
Poverty rate	16.3%	17.4%
Average household size	1.91	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1997	1972