Spring Valley vs Wyanet

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

Spring Valley and Wyanet 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 970 in Wyanet). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($63,964 vs $59,375 in Wyanet). Spring Valley has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $96,800 in Wyanet).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Valley	Wyanet
Population	5,508	970
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,964	$59,375
Median home value	$125,000	$96,800
Median gross rent	$1,022	$912
Housing units	2,604	482
Homeownership rate	63.0%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Valley	Wyanet
Population	5,223 → 5,508 (+5.5%)	1,052 → 970 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$50,814 → $63,964 (+25.9%)	$52,955 → $59,375 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $125,000 (+10.4%)	$83,100 → $96,800 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $1,022 (+86.8%)	$748 → $912 (+21.9%)

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

Wyanet

Population

1,052970

Median household income

$52,955$59,375

Median home value

$83,100$96,800

Median gross rent

$748$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Valley	Wyanet
Under 5	4.6%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	8.4%
75 and over	8.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Valley	Wyanet
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Valley	Wyanet
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Valley	Wyanet
Drove alone	83.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Valley	Wyanet
1-unit, detached	82.2%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Spring Valley	Wyanet
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1961	1962