Coal Valley vs East Moline

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

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

East Moline has the higher population (20,837 vs 4,142 in Coal Valley). Coal Valley has the higher median household income ($104,781 vs $63,328 in East Moline). Coal Valley has the higher median home value ($208,700 vs $135,300 in East Moline).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Valley	East Moline
Population	4,142	20,837
Median age	46.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,781	$63,328
Median home value	$208,700	$135,300
Median gross rent	—	$826
Housing units	1,776	8,935
Homeownership rate	93.0%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Valley	East Moline
Population	3,714 → 4,142 (+11.5%)	20,916 → 20,837 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$60,645 → $104,781 (+72.8%)	$53,660 → $63,328 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $208,700 (+26.9%)	$110,800 → $135,300 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $935 (-17.8%)	$658 → $826 (+25.5%)

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

East Moline

Population

20,91620,837

Median household income

$53,660$63,328

Median home value

$110,800$135,300

Median gross rent

$658$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Valley	East Moline
Under 5	3.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.1%
75 and over	9.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Valley	East Moline
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	52.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Valley	East Moline
No high school diploma	5.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	26.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Valley	East Moline
Drove alone	86.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Valley	East Moline
1-unit, detached	83.9%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Coal Valley	East Moline
Poverty rate	2.7%	18.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1988	1967