Ladd vs Spring Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Ladd and Spring Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Ladd and Spring Valley are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spring Valley has the higher population (5,508 vs 1,393 in Ladd). Ladd has the higher median household income ($73,646 vs $63,964 in Spring Valley). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $123,600 in Ladd).

Population, income & housing

	Ladd	Spring Valley
Population	1,393	5,508
Median age	37.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,646	$63,964
Median home value	$123,600	$125,000
Median gross rent	$847	$1,022
Housing units	617	2,604
Homeownership rate	78.5%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladd	Spring Valley
Population	1,211 → 1,393 (+15.0%)	5,223 → 5,508 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$64,318 → $73,646 (+14.5%)	$50,814 → $63,964 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $123,600 (+20.0%)	$113,200 → $125,000 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $847 (+11.9%)	$547 → $1,022 (+86.8%)

Ladd

Population

1,2111,393

Median household income

$64,318$73,646

Median home value

$103,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$757$847

Spring Valley

Population

5,2235,508

Median household income

$50,814$63,964

Median home value

$113,200$125,000

Median gross rent

$547$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ladd	Spring Valley
Under 5	7.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	18.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	14.6%
75 and over	5.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladd	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladd	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladd	Spring Valley
Drove alone	90.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladd	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	88.5%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ladd	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1953	1961