Bull Valley vs Union

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Valley and Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bull Valley has the higher population (1,121 vs 753 in Union). Bull Valley has the higher median household income ($185,417 vs $100,104 in Union). Bull Valley has the higher median home value ($460,700 vs $224,600 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Valley	Union
Population	1,121	753
Median age	57.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$185,417	$100,104
Median home value	$460,700	$224,600
Median gross rent	$3,292	—
Housing units	499	313
Homeownership rate	93.6%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Valley	Union
Population	1,156 → 1,121 (-3.0%)	634 → 753 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$107,083 → $185,417 (+73.2%)	$67,083 → $100,104 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$383,200 → $460,700 (+20.2%)	$162,500 → $224,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,292 (-6.0%)	$1,029 → $789 (-23.3%)

Bull Valley

Population

1,1561,121

Median household income

$107,083$185,417

Median home value

$383,200$460,700

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,292

Union

Population

634753

Median household income

$67,083$100,104

Median home value

$162,500$224,600

Median gross rent

$1,029$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Valley	Union
Under 5	2.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	6.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	23.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	20.4%	6.0%
75 and over	11.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Valley	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Valley	Union
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	13.7%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.5%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Valley	Union
Drove alone	69.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.4%
Public transit	1.5%	1.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	8.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Valley	Union
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bull Valley	Union
Poverty rate	5.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1980	1956