Herbeumont has 1,624 inhabitants across 58.4 km². The average age is close to 41, 73% of residents own their homes, and the average annual net income is €16,570. The population is 51.7% men. Nationalities are 96.2% Belgian, 1.8% French, 0.4% Spanish, 0.2% Armenian, 0.2% British, 0.2% Algerian, 0.1% Romanian and 0.9% other. The average household has 1.2 cars.
The housing stock is predominantly made up of houses: 96.7% of buildings are houses and 3.3% are apartment buildings. Homes average 6.3 rooms, and buildings date on average from around 1929. By building type, 53.7% are open-type houses, farms or castles, 23.9% semi-closed houses, 7.5% closed houses, 2.9% buildings and flat blocks, 1.7% commercial houses and 10.4% other types. There are 3 houses for sale, priced from €199,000 to €375,000, with an average of €283,000.
Road access includes the N85, N858 and N884. The A4/E411–E25, on the Brussels–Namur–Arlon–Luxembourg City route, is 20 minutes by car from the town centre; the A26/E25 towards Liège, Bastogne and Neufchâteau is 33 minutes away. TEC bus services include lines 163a between Bertrix, Muno and Lambermont, 165c between Florenville and Bertrix, 23 between Namur, Spy, Onoz and Velaine, and 411 between Longlier, Neufchâteau and Bertrix. The nearest railway stations to the centre are Bertrix, Florenville, Paliseul, Carlsbourg and Neufchâteau. The municipality has 1 nursery, 3 nursery schools and 3 primary schools, with no secondary school. Louis Delhaize is the listed shop for daily shopping.
No shared-bike or shared-car service is known in the municipality, and no EV charging station is listed. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 86 minutes away by car or 400 minutes by public transport. These local connections and services sit alongside a housing stock where open-type houses, farms and castles form the largest stated building category.