Spring Valley vs Walnut

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

Spring Valley and Walnut 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 1,402 in Walnut). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($63,964 vs $62,019 in Walnut). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $94,700 in Walnut).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Valley	Walnut
Population	5,508	1,402
Median age	42.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,964	$62,019
Median home value	$125,000	$94,700
Median gross rent	$1,022	$591
Housing units	2,604	620
Homeownership rate	63.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Valley	Walnut
Population	5,223 → 5,508 (+5.5%)	1,370 → 1,402 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$50,814 → $63,964 (+25.9%)	$53,750 → $62,019 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $125,000 (+10.4%)	$95,500 → $94,700 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $1,022 (+86.8%)	$611 → $591 (-3.3%)

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

Walnut

Population

1,3701,402

Median household income

$53,750$62,019

Median home value

$95,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$611$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Valley	Walnut
Under 5	4.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	8.5%
75 and over	8.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Valley	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Valley	Walnut
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	34.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Valley	Walnut
Drove alone	83.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Valley	Walnut
1-unit, detached	82.2%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spring Valley	Walnut
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1961	1961