Leaf River vs Stillman Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Leaf River and Stillman Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stillman Valley has the higher population (1,261 vs 475 in Leaf River). Stillman Valley has the higher median household income ($87,311 vs $75,903 in Leaf River). Stillman Valley has the higher median home value ($168,000 vs $93,600 in Leaf River).

Population, income & housing

	Leaf River	Stillman Valley
Population	475	1,261
Median age	43.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,903	$87,311
Median home value	$93,600	$168,000
Median gross rent	$795	$1,125
Housing units	228	490
Homeownership rate	82.9%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leaf River	Stillman Valley
Population	422 → 475 (+12.6%)	1,201 → 1,261 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $75,903 (+63.2%)	$59,000 → $87,311 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $93,600 (+14.4%)	$142,300 → $168,000 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $795 (+9.1%)	$978 → $1,125 (+15.0%)

Leaf River

Population

422475

Median household income

$46,500$75,903

Median home value

$81,800$93,600

Median gross rent

$729$795

Stillman Valley

Population

1,2011,261

Median household income

$59,000$87,311

Median home value

$142,300$168,000

Median gross rent

$978$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leaf River	Stillman Valley
Under 5	7.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	19.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	15.4%
75 and over	5.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leaf River	Stillman Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leaf River	Stillman Valley
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	47.5%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leaf River	Stillman Valley
Drove alone	86.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leaf River	Stillman Valley
1-unit, detached	89.0%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leaf River	Stillman Valley
Poverty rate	14.2%	1.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1951	1966