Illinois · Census place 1734384
Herscher, Illinois
Herscher is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois with an estimated 1,493 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 538th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,493
- #538 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -1.6%
- -24 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 825 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Herscher population, 2020 to 2024
Herscher lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Herscher covers 1.81 square miles of land, for 825 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Herscher is less dense than the typical town.
What county Herscher is in
All of Herscher's residents live in Kankakee County, which had 106,410 residents in 2024. Herscher holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Herscher
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Herscher by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60941. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Herscher is
The Census internal point of Herscher is at 41.049300, -88.100500. Springfield, the capital, is 119.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Limestone, IL (1,524 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 32.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.049300, -88.100500
- DMS
- 41°02'57.48"N 88°06'1.80"W
- UTM
- 16N 407514.5E 4544813.2N
- Geohash
- dp33e0z1t
- Plus code
- 86HH2VXX+PQ
Daylight in Herscher
At 41.05° N, Herscher gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Herscher
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Limestone, 10.2 miles away, with 1,524 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Herscher, IL?
1,493 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (1.6%) from 1,517 in July 2020.
What county is Herscher in?
Kankakee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Herscher?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60941.
How far is Herscher from Springfield?
119.7 miles (192.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Herscher.
What is the nearest larger city to Herscher?
Limestone, IL, with 1,524 residents, 10.2 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.