Hecker vs Valmeyer

A side-by-side comparison of Hecker and Valmeyer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valmeyer has the higher population (1,109 vs 556 in Hecker). Valmeyer has the higher median household income ($93,472 vs $80,260 in Hecker). Valmeyer has the higher median home value ($208,600 vs $153,700 in Hecker).

Population, income & housing

	Hecker	Valmeyer
Population	556	1,109
Median age	34.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,260	$93,472
Median home value	$153,700	$208,600
Median gross rent	$736	$1,210
Housing units	248	447
Homeownership rate	74.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hecker	Valmeyer
Population	561 → 556 (-0.9%)	1,300 → 1,109 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$55,357 → $80,260 (+45.0%)	$83,382 → $93,472 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $153,700 (+20.7%)	$159,000 → $208,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $736 (+21.1%)	$983 → $1,210 (+23.1%)

Hecker

Population

561556

Median household income

$55,357$80,260

Median home value

$127,300$153,700

Median gross rent

$608$736

Valmeyer

Population

1,3001,109

Median household income

$83,382$93,472

Median home value

$159,000$208,600

Median gross rent

$983$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hecker	Valmeyer
Under 5	5.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	15.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	3.8%	14.0%
75 and over	6.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hecker	Valmeyer
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.5%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hecker	Valmeyer
No high school diploma	1.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	51.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hecker	Valmeyer
Drove alone	91.5%	86.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hecker	Valmeyer
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	6.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Hecker	Valmeyer
Poverty rate	2.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1965	2000