Valier vs West City

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

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

West City has the higher population (612 vs 596 in Valier). West City has the higher median household income ($48,672 vs $41,288 in Valier). Valier has the higher median home value ($70,400 vs $60,000 in West City).

Population, income & housing

	Valier	West City
Population	596	612
Median age	54.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,288	$48,672
Median home value	$70,400	$60,000
Median gross rent	$1,100	$867
Housing units	324	301
Homeownership rate	88.1%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valier	West City
Population	724 → 596 (-17.7%)	772 → 612 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$46,771 → $41,288 (-11.7%)	$42,125 → $48,672 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $70,400 (+11.7%)	$71,300 → $60,000 (-15.8%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $1,100 (+103.0%)	$661 → $867 (+31.2%)

Valier

Population

724596

Median household income

$46,771$41,288

Median home value

$63,000$70,400

Median gross rent

$542$1,100

West City

Population

772612

Median household income

$42,125$48,672

Median home value

$71,300$60,000

Median gross rent

$661$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valier	West City
Under 5	4.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	22.1%	19.4%
65 to 74	19.6%	8.8%
75 and over	6.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valier	West City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valier	West City
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valier	West City
Drove alone	87.4%	88.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.6%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valier	West City
1-unit, detached	96.3%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Valier	West City
Poverty rate	21.5%	26.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	38	19
Median year structure built	1948	1957