Detroit vs Valley City

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and Valley City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Detroit has the higher population (31 vs 15 in Valley City). Since 2019, Detroit's population has grown faster (+10.7% vs -31.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Valley City
Population	31	15
Median age	57.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median home value	$74,200	—
Housing units	23	16
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Valley City
Population	28 → 31 (+10.7%)	22 → 15 (-31.8%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $74,200 (+17.2%)	—

Detroit

Population

2831

Median home value

$63,300$74,200

Valley City

Population

2215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Valley City
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	73.3%
45 to 54	25.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	32.3%	26.7%
65 to 74	19.4%	0.0%
75 and over	3.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Valley City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Valley City
No high school diploma	48.3%	26.7%
High school graduate	31.0%	73.3%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Valley City
Drove alone	93.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Valley City
1-unit, detached	87.0%	25.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	75.0%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Valley City
Poverty rate	19.4%	33.3%
Average household size	2.07	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1956	1997