North City vs Valier

A side-by-side comparison of North City and Valier: population, income, housing, and more.

North City and Valier are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North City has the higher population (708 vs 596 in Valier). North City has the higher median household income ($50,469 vs $41,288 in Valier). North City has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $70,400 in Valier).

Population, income & housing

	North City	Valier
Population	708	596
Median age	56.2 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,469	$41,288
Median home value	$107,400	$70,400
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,100
Housing units	357	324
Homeownership rate	91.6%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North City	Valier
Population	560 → 708 (+26.4%)	724 → 596 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $50,469 (+16.0%)	$46,771 → $41,288 (-11.7%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $107,400 (+65.2%)	$63,000 → $70,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $1,106 (+61.7%)	$542 → $1,100 (+103.0%)

North City

Population

560708

Median household income

$43,500$50,469

Median home value

$65,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$684$1,106

Valier

Population

724596

Median household income

$46,771$41,288

Median home value

$63,000$70,400

Median gross rent

$542$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North City	Valier
Under 5	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	27.5%	22.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	19.6%
75 and over	10.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North City	Valier
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North City	Valier
No high school diploma	6.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North City	Valier
Drove alone	69.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North City	Valier
1-unit, detached	88.5%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	North City	Valier
Poverty rate	9.6%	21.5%
Average household size	2.21	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1971	1948