Pearl vs Valley City

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

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

Pearl has the higher population (101 vs 15 in Valley City). Since 2019, Valley City's population has grown faster (-31.8% vs -42.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Pearl	Valley City
Population	101	15
Median age	56.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	—
Median home value	$54,200	—
Housing units	69	16
Homeownership rate	97.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pearl	Valley City
Population	175 → 101 (-42.3%)	22 → 15 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$43,824 → $54,167 (+23.6%)	—
Median home value	$77,000 → $54,200 (-29.6%)	—

Pearl

Population

175101

Median household income

$43,824$54,167

Median home value

$77,000$54,200

Valley City

Population

2215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pearl	Valley City
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	73.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	26.7%
65 to 74	37.6%	0.0%
75 and over	6.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pearl	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+

	Pearl	Valley City
No high school diploma	26.3%	26.7%
High school graduate	57.9%	73.3%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pearl	Valley City
Drove alone	63.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pearl	Valley City
1-unit, detached	88.4%	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	11.6%	75.0%

Poverty & households

	Pearl	Valley City
Poverty rate	12.9%	33.3%
Average household size	2.97	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1946	1997