Orient vs Valier

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

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

Valier has the higher population (596 vs 380 in Orient). Valier has the higher median household income ($41,288 vs $39,167 in Orient). Valier has the higher median home value ($70,400 vs $49,100 in Orient).

Population, income & housing

	Orient	Valier
Population	380	596
Median age	42.6 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,167	$41,288
Median home value	$49,100	$70,400
Median gross rent	$731	$1,100
Housing units	212	324
Homeownership rate	76.4%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orient	Valier
Population	426 → 380 (-10.8%)	724 → 596 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$28,958 → $39,167 (+35.3%)	$46,771 → $41,288 (-11.7%)
Median home value	$41,600 → $49,100 (+18.0%)	$63,000 → $70,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $731 (+21.8%)	$542 → $1,100 (+103.0%)

Orient

Population

426380

Median household income

$28,958$39,167

Median home value

$41,600$49,100

Median gross rent

$600$731

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)

	Orient	Valier
Under 5	9.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	17.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	22.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	19.6%
75 and over	7.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orient	Valier
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orient	Valier
No high school diploma	11.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	43.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orient	Valier
Drove alone	85.7%	87.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orient	Valier
1-unit, detached	84.9%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Orient	Valier
Poverty rate	25.0%	21.5%
Average household size	2.09	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	39	38
Median year structure built	1945	1948