Herkimer vs Ilion

A side-by-side comparison of Herkimer and Ilion: population, income, housing, and more.

Herkimer and Ilion are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ilion has the higher population (7,636 vs 7,335 in Herkimer). Ilion has the higher median household income ($61,880 vs $57,281 in Herkimer). Herkimer has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $100,800 in Ilion).

Population, income & housing

	Herkimer	Ilion
Population	7,335	7,636
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,281	$61,880
Median home value	$123,700	$100,800
Median gross rent	$824	$718
Housing units	3,621	3,929
Homeownership rate	52.3%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herkimer	Ilion
Population	6,615 → 7,335 (+10.9%)	7,812 → 7,636 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$44,870 → $57,281 (+27.7%)	$54,397 → $61,880 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $123,700 (+58.6%)	$81,900 → $100,800 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $824 (+18.1%)	$623 → $718 (+15.2%)

Herkimer

Population

6,6157,335

Median household income

$44,870$57,281

Median home value

$78,000$123,700

Median gross rent

$698$824

Ilion

Population

7,8127,636

Median household income

$54,397$61,880

Median home value

$81,900$100,800

Median gross rent

$623$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herkimer	Ilion
Under 5	2.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.0%
75 and over	11.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herkimer	Ilion
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herkimer	Ilion
No high school diploma	9.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herkimer	Ilion
Drove alone	71.6%	85.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	7.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herkimer	Ilion
1-unit, detached	52.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.5%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	10.2%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Herkimer	Ilion
Poverty rate	19.5%	15.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1938	1940