Carterville vs Herrin

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

Carterville 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 5,822 in Carterville). Carterville has the higher median household income ($65,238 vs $58,501 in Herrin). Carterville has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $109,100 in Herrin).

Population, income & housing

	Carterville	Herrin
Population	5,822	12,271
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,238	$58,501
Median home value	$183,500	$109,100
Median gross rent	$856	$1,016
Housing units	2,894	6,012
Homeownership rate	65.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carterville	Herrin
Population	5,868 → 5,822 (-0.8%)	12,827 → 12,271 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$59,079 → $65,238 (+10.4%)	$44,989 → $58,501 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $183,500 (+21.4%)	$87,700 → $109,100 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$901 → $856 (-5.0%)	$640 → $1,016 (+58.8%)

Carterville

Population

5,8685,822

Median household income

$59,079$65,238

Median home value

$151,200$183,500

Median gross rent

$901$856

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)

	Carterville	Herrin
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.1%
75 and over	7.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carterville	Herrin
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carterville	Herrin
No high school diploma	1.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	18.4%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carterville	Herrin
Drove alone	84.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carterville	Herrin
1-unit, detached	74.2%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Carterville	Herrin
Poverty rate	12.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1984	1972