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Kankakee County

Population in July 2007: 1,601. Population change since 2000: +2.8%
 

Males: 797  (49.8%)
Females: 804  (50.2%)
Median resident age:  33.4 years
Illinois median age:  34.7 years

Zip codes: 60941.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $53,926 (it was $48,250 in 2000)
Herscher:  $53,926
Illinois:  $54,124

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $157,589 (it was $108,300 in 2000)
Herscher:  $157,589
Illinois:  $208,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $170,653; Detached houses: $173,561; Townhouses or other attached units: $110,900; Mobile homes: $75,000
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Races in Herscher:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.8%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
  • Hispanic (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Herscher: 97.9 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (36.0%), Irish (17.9%), English (13.3%), French (10.8%), United States (9.3%), Dutch (5.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 05/12/1893

Elevation: 660 feet

Land area: 1.72 square miles.

Population density: 928 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Herscher

  • High school or higher: 91.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 8.7%
  • Unemployed: 4.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Herscher village

  • Never married: 26.2%
  • Now married: 60.1%
  • Separated: 0.8%
  • Widowed: 6.0%
  • Divorced: 7.0%

11 residents are foreign born

This village:  0.7%
Illinois:  12.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this village in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Herscher:  1.8% ($1,930)
Illinois:  1.8% ($2,285)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Joliet, IL (33.4 miles , pop. 106,221).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Chicago, IL (61.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Union Hill, IL (5.3 miles) , Buckingham, IL (5.4 miles ), Bonfield, IL (7.1 miles ), Irwin, IL (7.6 miles) , Cabery, IL (8.5 miles ), Essex, IL (11.0 miles ), Reddick, IL (11.0 miles ), Kempton, IL (12.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 9 buildings, average cost: $116,800
  • 1997: 7 buildings, average cost: $116,700
  • 1998: 9 buildings, average cost: $116,700
  • 1999: 10 buildings, average cost: $116,700
  • 2000: 8 buildings, average cost: $167,400
  • 2001: 1 building, cost: $225,000
  • 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $148,000
  • 2003: 4 buildings, average cost: $138,800
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $195,000
  • 2005: 7 buildings, average cost: $192,700
  • 2006: 10 buildings, average cost: $152,900
  • 2007: 3 buildings, average cost: $251,700

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Latitude: 41.05 N, Longitude: 88.10 W

Area code: 815

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Population change in the 1990s: +241 (+18.8%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Educational services (15%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Truck transportation (9%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (28%)
  • Educational services (20%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (2%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Secondary school teachers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (7%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)


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Crime in Herscher by Year

Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 00000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 00150000
    per 100,000 0.00.065.7328.30.00.00.00.0
Robberies 00000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Assaults 101713631
    per 100,000 69.40.065.7459.6829.6383.4191.164.4
Burglaries 1652428352
    per 100,000 1111.1328.3131.3262.61786.9191.7318.5128.7
Thefts 5105971314
    per 100,000 347.265.70.0328.3574.3447.3828.0900.9
Auto thefts 00100000
    per 100,000 0.00.065.70.00.00.00.00.0
Arson 00000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 105.625.680.1386.1314.0108.093.657.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.87
US city average:  3.00

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Herscher-area historical tornado activity is near Illinois state average. It is 93% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/17/1963, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 8.9 miles away from the Herscher village center killed one person and injured 70 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 8/28/1990, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 32.5 miles away from the village center killed 29 people and injured 350 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Birthplace of: Micah Kirstein - College basketball player (Illinois State Redbirds).


Hospitals/medical centers near Herscher:
  • RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; KANKAKEE, IL)
  • ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; KANKAKEE, IL)
  • GIBSON AREA HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; GIBSON CITY, IL)

Political contributions by individuals in Herscher, IL

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Herscher:
  • CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (about 56 miles; CHICAGO, IL; ID: MDW)
  • GARY/CHICAGO (about 62 miles; GARY, IN; ID: GYY)
  • CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (about 65 miles; CHICAGO, IL; ID: ORD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Herscher:
  • KANKAKEE (about 13 miles; KANKAKEE, IL; ID: 3KK)
  • GREATER KANKAKEE (about 19 miles; KANKAKEE, IL; ID: IKK)
  • DWIGHT (about 24 miles; DWIGHT, IL; ID: DTG)

Amtrak station near Herscher:
  • 17 miles: KANKAKEE (199 S. EAST AVE.). Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public payphones, full-service food facilities, public transit connection.

Operable nuclear power plants near Herscher:
  • 18 miles: Braidwood 2 in Braidwood, IL.
  • 18 miles: Braidwood 1 in Braidwood, IL.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Herscher:
  • OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles; BOURBONNAIS, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,207)
  • JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 34 miles; JOLIET, IL; FT enrollment: 6,075)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS (about 34 miles; JOLIET, IL; FT enrollment: 2,361)
  • GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; UNIVERSITY PARK, IL; FT enrollment: 3,191)
  • LEWIS UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; ROMEOVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 2,974)
  • PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE (about 47 miles; CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL; FT enrollment: 2,523)
  • MORAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; PALOS HILLS, IL; FT enrollment: 7,610)
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Public elementary/middle school in Herscher:

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Churches in Herscher include: Saint Margaret Mary Roman Catholic Church (A), Herscher United Methodist Church (B), Trinity Lutheran Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This village:  2.9 people
Illinois:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:  80.7%
Whole state:  67.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:  2.8%
Whole state:  4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This village:  7.7%
Whole state:  10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This village:  4.1%
Whole state:  5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Herscher, IL



Herscher compared to Illinois state average:

Herscher, Illinois environmental map by EPA

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  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.


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Banks with branches in Herscher (2007 data):
  • Centrue Bank: 161 S Main St Branch at 654 North Park Road, branch established on 1885-01-01. Info updated 2007-01-24: Bank assets: $1,278.8 mil, Deposits: $1,027.4 mil, headquarters in Streator, IL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 39 total offices, Holding Company: Centrue Financial Corporation
  • State Bank of Herscher: State Bank Of Herscher at 10 Tobey Drive, branch established on 1902-05-20. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $127.5 mil, Deposits: $113.8 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: Hershare Financial Corporation



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2004 Presidential Election results in Kankakee County Illinois:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (81%)
  • Electricity (18%)

Herscher government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $158,000
    Solid Waste Management: $37,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $132,000
    Regular Highways: $131,000
    Water Utilities: $96,000
    Sewerage: $81,000
    Financial Administration: $69,000
    Parks & Recreation: $47,000
    Solid Waste Management: $29,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $18,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $36,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $808,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $127,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $888,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $47,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $22,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $20,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $31,000
    Parks & Recreation: $19,000
    Sewerage: $11,000
    Regular Highways: $9,000
    Water Utilities: $5,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $733,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $107,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $262,000
    Highways: $41,000
  • Tax - Property: $60,000
    NEC: $16,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $213,000

5.62% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,800 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.62%
Illinois average:  5.66%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($147 average AGI)
Kankakee County:  0.05%
Illinois average:  0.19%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Cook County, IL  1.63% ($44,847 average AGI)
from Will County, IL  1.04% ($46,962)
from Iroquois County, IL  0.48% ($36,599)


5.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,102 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.43%
Illinois average:  5.99%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($77 average AGI)
Kankakee County:  0.03%
Illinois average:  0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Cook County, IL  0.83% ($36,245 average AGI)
to Will County, IL  0.58% ($42,716)
to Iroquois County, IL  0.44% ($32,034)


Strongest AM radio stations in Herscher:
  • WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
  • WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WVIV (1200 AM; 20 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLXX-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WIND (560 AM; 5 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION ("TLC"))
  • WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WAUR (930 AM; 4 kW; SANDWICH, IL; Owner: CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING SYSTEM, LTD.)
  • WKAN (1320 AM; 1 kW; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: STARADIO CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Herscher:
  • WYKT (105.5 FM; WILMINGTON, IL; Owner: STARADIO CORPORATION)
  • WONU (89.7 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY)
  • WKIF (92.7 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: SPANISH BROADCASTING SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS, INC.)
  • WRXQ (100.7 FM; COAL CITY, IL; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WJEZ (98.9 FM; DWIGHT, IL; Owner: LIVINGSTON COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WKCC (91.1 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: KANKAKEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WRZA (99.9 FM; PARK FOREST, IL; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WAWF (88.3 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • WJCH (91.9 FM; JOLIET, IL; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WCCQ (98.3 FM; CREST HILL, IL; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF JOLIET, INC.)
  • WVLI (95.1 FM; KANKAKEE, IL; Owner: MILNER BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WYXX (103.1 FM; MORRIS, IL; Owner: BIG CITY RADIO-CHI, L.L.C.)

TV broadcast stations around Herscher:
  • W34CD (Channel 34; QUINCY, IL; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WYIN (Channel 56; GARY, IN; Owner: NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)


Herscher fatal accident list:
May 24, 1987 05:45 AM, W1200s, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4
  • THOMAS HARWOOD, 7.2 Km S, Type: Tower, Structure height: 72.5 m, Overall height: 78 m
  • Ruth Billebault, Hwy 115 E, Type: Tower, Structure height: 106.7 m, Overall height: 114 m
    Registrant: Phone: (215) 665-1700
  • Edward G Roach, W3000s Road (Il10452-A), Type: Tower, Structure height: 89.3 m, Overall height: 90.8 m
    Registrant: Sba Towers Ii LLC, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:
  • Robert J Knievel, .75 S, Type: Tower, Structure height: 137 m, Overall height: 140 m
    Registrant: Kinder Morgan, Inc., 370 Van Gordon St., Lakewood, CO 80228, Phone: (303) 763-2922, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 17 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Herscher, IL)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 6
  • .75 Mi S, Overall height: 140.2 m, Call Sign: WPJC774
    Assigned Frequencies : 952.631 MHz, 928.631 MHz
    Grant Date: 12/14/2000, Expiration Date: 01/09/2011, Certifier: Christopher Kinney
    Registrant: Knight Inc, 370 Van Gordon St, Lakewood, CO 80228, Phone: (303) 763-2922, Fax: (303) 763-2920
  • 201 HERSCHER IL, 0.75 Mi S, Overall height: 139.9 m, Call Sign: WPOU524
    5945.20 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 5945.20 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 6093.45 MHz, 6034.15 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 6034.15 MHz, 6063.80 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 5945.20 MHz
    Grant Date: 07/07/1999, Expiration Date: 07/07/2009, Certifier: Mary Mcdermott
    Registrant: Pathnet, Inc., 1661 Gateway Blvd., Richardson, TX 75080, Phone: (972) 690-9933, Fax: (972) 231-0728
  • HERSCHER 201, .75 S, Type: Tower, Structure height: 137 m, Overall height: 140 m, Call Sign: WPVZ492, Licensee ID: L00896575
    Assigned Frequencies : 5945.20 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 6063.80 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 6034.15 MHz, 6093.45 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 6034.15 MHz, 5945.20 MHz, 6004.50 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/19/2002, Expiration Date: 09/19/2012, Certifier: Thomas J Spackman
    Registrant: Bordercomm Partners Lp
  • HERSCHER, 5300 W And 11100s, Type: Tower, Structure height: 89.3 m, Call Sign: WPXT916, Licensee ID: L00896575
    Assigned Frequencies : 6404.79 MHz, 6286.19 MHz, 6226.89 MHz, 6345.49 MHz, 6404.79 MHz, 6226.89 MHz, 6345.49 MHz, 6286.19 MHz
    Grant Date: 06/10/2003, Expiration Date: 06/10/2013, Certifier: Robert A Esty
    Registrant: International Communications Group, Inc. D/B/A Corban Networks
  • STATION, 0.75 Mi S Of, Overall height: 137.2 m, Call Sign: KSC25
    Assigned Frequencies : 6625.00 MHz, 6685.00 MHz
    Grant Date: 10/29/1996, Expiration Date: 10/29/2001, Cancelation Date: 08/05/1999
    Registrant: Phone: (708) 691-3854
  • HERSCHER, 5300 W And 11100s, Type: Tower, Structure height: 89.3 m, Call Sign: WLB367, Licensee ID: L00209325
    Assigned Frequencies : 6226.90 MHz, 6286.20 MHz, 6404.80 MHz, 6226.90 MHz, 6286.20 MHz, 6404.80 MHz
    Grant Date: 03/13/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 10/18/2002, Certifier: Henry A Thomas
    Registrant: Corban Communications, Inc.

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1
  • Call Sign: K9EMX
    Grant Date: 11/28/1995, Expiration Date: 11/28/2005, Cancelation Date: 11/29/2007
    Registrant: Gordon J Feige, 231 S Main, Herscher, IL 60941


FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1
  • Aircraft: BEECH 35-B33 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 138 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 8583M , Serial Number: CD-652, Year manufactured: 1963, Airworthiness Date: 07/17/1963
    Registrant (Co-Owned): Leo V Ganci, 3306 So 7000 West Road, Herscher, IL 60941

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