Carbon Cliff vs Coal Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Carbon Cliff and Coal Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coal Valley has the higher population (4,142 vs 2,248 in Carbon Cliff). Coal Valley has the higher median household income ($104,781 vs $55,000 in Carbon Cliff). Coal Valley has the higher median home value ($208,700 vs $124,600 in Carbon Cliff).

Population, income & housing

	Carbon Cliff	Coal Valley
Population	2,248	4,142
Median age	34.7 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$104,781
Median home value	$124,600	$208,700
Median gross rent	$972	—
Housing units	889	1,776
Homeownership rate	51.1%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbon Cliff	Coal Valley
Population	1,859 → 2,248 (+20.9%)	3,714 → 4,142 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$40,927 → $55,000 (+34.4%)	$60,645 → $104,781 (+72.8%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $124,600 (+19.9%)	$164,400 → $208,700 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $972 (+16.1%)	$1,137 → $935 (-17.8%)

Carbon Cliff

Population

1,8592,248

Median household income

$40,927$55,000

Median home value

$103,900$124,600

Median gross rent

$837$972

Coal Valley

Population

3,7144,142

Median household income

$60,645$104,781

Median home value

$164,400$208,700

Median gross rent

$1,137$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Coal Valley
Under 5	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	24.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.6%
75 and over	11.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Coal Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	88.4%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbon Cliff	Coal Valley
No high school diploma	20.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	35.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Coal Valley
Drove alone	68.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	14.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	7.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbon Cliff	Coal Valley
1-unit, detached	60.3%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Carbon Cliff	Coal Valley
Poverty rate	17.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1974	1988