Princeton vs Spring Valley

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (7,829 vs 5,508 in Spring Valley). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($63,964 vs $57,682 in Princeton). Princeton has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $125,000 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Princeton	Spring Valley
Population	7,829	5,508
Median age	45.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,682	$63,964
Median home value	$131,300	$125,000
Median gross rent	$739	$1,022
Housing units	3,746	2,604
Homeownership rate	71.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Princeton	Spring Valley
Population	7,603 → 7,829 (+3.0%)	5,223 → 5,508 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$53,324 → $57,682 (+8.2%)	$50,814 → $63,964 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $131,300 (+8.7%)	$113,200 → $125,000 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $739 (+13.7%)	$547 → $1,022 (+86.8%)

Princeton

Population

7,6037,829

Median household income

$53,324$57,682

Median home value

$120,800$131,300

Median gross rent

$650$739

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)

	Princeton	Spring Valley
Under 5	4.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.6%
75 and over	12.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Princeton	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Princeton	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	7.7%	11.7%
High school graduate	34.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Princeton	Spring Valley
Drove alone	69.7%	83.3%
Carpooled	14.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	2.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Princeton	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	72.7%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	4.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Princeton	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	15.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1963	1961