Maeystown vs Valmeyer

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

Maeystown 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 91 in Maeystown). Valmeyer has the higher median household income ($93,472 vs $78,750 in Maeystown). Valmeyer has the higher median home value ($208,600 vs $170,800 in Maeystown).

Population, income & housing

	Maeystown	Valmeyer
Population	91	1,109
Median age	31.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$93,472
Median home value	$170,800	$208,600
Median gross rent	$900	$1,210
Housing units	54	447
Homeownership rate	57.7%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maeystown	Valmeyer
Population	119 → 91 (-23.5%)	1,300 → 1,109 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$65,000 → $78,750 (+21.2%)	$83,382 → $93,472 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$145,300 → $170,800 (+17.5%)	$159,000 → $208,600 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $900 (-5.3%)	$983 → $1,210 (+23.1%)

Maeystown

Population

11991

Median household income

$65,000$78,750

Median home value

$145,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$950$900

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)

	Maeystown	Valmeyer
Under 5	12.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	17.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	2.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	5.5%	14.0%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maeystown	Valmeyer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maeystown	Valmeyer
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	23.5%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	54.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maeystown	Valmeyer
Drove alone	94.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maeystown	Valmeyer
1-unit, detached	96.3%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Maeystown	Valmeyer
Poverty rate	14.3%	4.6%
Average household size	3.50	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1995	2000