Herrin vs Johnston City

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

Herrin and Johnston City 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 3,351 in Johnston City). Herrin has the higher median household income ($58,501 vs $46,629 in Johnston City). Herrin has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $84,500 in Johnston City).

Population, income & housing

	Herrin	Johnston City
Population	12,271	3,351
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,501	$46,629
Median home value	$109,100	$84,500
Median gross rent	$1,016	$830
Housing units	6,012	1,707
Homeownership rate	63.6%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herrin	Johnston City
Population	12,827 → 12,271 (-4.3%)	3,450 → 3,351 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$44,989 → $58,501 (+30.0%)	$38,696 → $46,629 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $109,100 (+24.4%)	$65,800 → $84,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $1,016 (+58.8%)	$532 → $830 (+56.0%)

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

Johnston City

Population

3,4503,351

Median household income

$38,696$46,629

Median home value

$65,800$84,500

Median gross rent

$532$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herrin	Johnston City
Under 5	6.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.8%
75 and over	6.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herrin	Johnston City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herrin	Johnston City
No high school diploma	8.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	27.7%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herrin	Johnston City
Drove alone	79.1%	84.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.4%	2.3%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.6%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herrin	Johnston City
1-unit, detached	73.7%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Herrin	Johnston City
Poverty rate	17.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1972	1953