
Illinois · Census place 36542
Humboldt, IL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Humboldt, Illinois (Humboldt, IL — Census place “Humboldt village”) is 360 residents, ranking #1032 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $58,375, the median home is worth $75,000 and median gross rent runs $879 a month. Looking for the Humboldt Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Humboldt, IL: 61931.
- Population
- 360Humboldt village residents
- Median household income
- $58,375Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $75,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $879Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.5%Owner-occupied households
Humboldt ZIP codes (Illinois)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Humboldt.
The Humboldt IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Humboldt village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Humboldt village median would spend about 18.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.1% of residents and 74.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Humboldt village, IL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Humboldt village is a very small community in Illinois, with 360 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1032 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 29% of them. The median age here is 41.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Humboldt village earn a median of $58,375 a year, 25.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Humboldt village is valued at $75,000, 75.3% below the national figure and 58% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $879 a month, 37.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,548 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 74.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
With 360 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Humboldt village against its county rather than against national figures.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Humboldt village?
- Humboldt village has 360 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1032 of 1,462 in Illinois.
- What is the median household income in Humboldt village?
- Median household income in Humboldt village is $58,375 a year, 25.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Humboldt village?
- Median gross rent is $879 a month and the median home value is $75,000, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
- Is Humboldt village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Humboldt village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Humboldt village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.