Thompsonville vs Valier

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

Thompsonville 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 475 in Thompsonville). Thompsonville has the higher median household income ($46,023 vs $41,288 in Valier). Thompsonville has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $70,400 in Valier).

Population, income & housing

	Thompsonville	Valier
Population	475	596
Median age	39.4 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,023	$41,288
Median home value	$85,700	$70,400
Median gross rent	$708	$1,100
Housing units	303	324
Homeownership rate	60.0%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thompsonville	Valier
Population	496 → 475 (-4.2%)	724 → 596 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$32,604 → $46,023 (+41.2%)	$46,771 → $41,288 (-11.7%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $85,700 (+16.0%)	$63,000 → $70,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $708 (+8.3%)	$542 → $1,100 (+103.0%)

Thompsonville

Population

496475

Median household income

$32,604$46,023

Median home value

$73,900$85,700

Median gross rent

$654$708

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)

	Thompsonville	Valier
Under 5	14.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	12.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	22.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	19.6%
75 and over	11.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thompsonville	Valier
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thompsonville	Valier
No high school diploma	18.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	35.4%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thompsonville	Valier
Drove alone	80.2%	87.4%
Carpooled	14.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.5%
Other means	1.4%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thompsonville	Valier
1-unit, detached	60.1%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Thompsonville	Valier
Poverty rate	16.2%	21.5%
Average household size	2.07	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1977	1948