Trout Valley vs Union

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

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

Union has the higher population (753 vs 584 in Trout Valley). Trout Valley has the higher median household income ($211,563 vs $100,104 in Union). Trout Valley has the higher median home value ($435,300 vs $224,600 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Trout Valley	Union
Population	584	753
Median age	52.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$211,563	$100,104
Median home value	$435,300	$224,600
Housing units	228	313
Homeownership rate	98.2%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Trout Valley	Union
Population	411 → 584 (+42.1%)	634 → 753 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$143,750 → $211,563 (+47.2%)	$67,083 → $100,104 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$381,100 → $435,300 (+14.2%)	$162,500 → $224,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,029 → $789 (-23.3%)

Trout Valley

Population

411584

Median household income

$143,750$211,563

Median home value

$381,100$435,300

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)

	Trout Valley	Union
Under 5	9.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	26.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.4%	6.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Trout Valley	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Trout Valley	Union
No high school diploma	0.2%	5.0%
High school graduate	8.4%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Trout Valley	Union
Drove alone	66.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.4%
Public transit	11.7%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Trout Valley	Union
1-unit, detached	99.6%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	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

	Trout Valley	Union
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1967	1956