Coal Valley vs Milan

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

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

Milan has the higher population (5,037 vs 4,142 in Coal Valley). Coal Valley has the higher median household income ($104,781 vs $61,188 in Milan). Coal Valley has the higher median home value ($208,700 vs $120,300 in Milan).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Valley	Milan
Population	4,142	5,037
Median age	46.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,781	$61,188
Median home value	$208,700	$120,300
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	1,776	2,610
Homeownership rate	93.0%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Valley	Milan
Population	3,714 → 4,142 (+11.5%)	5,056 → 5,037 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$60,645 → $104,781 (+72.8%)	$49,327 → $61,188 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $208,700 (+26.9%)	$108,300 → $120,300 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $935 (-17.8%)	$758 → $817 (+7.8%)

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

Milan

Population

5,0565,037

Median household income

$49,327$61,188

Median home value

$108,300$120,300

Median gross rent

$758$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Valley	Milan
Under 5	3.3%	11.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.1%
75 and over	9.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Valley	Milan
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Valley	Milan
No high school diploma	5.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	26.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Valley	Milan
Drove alone	86.2%	76.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Valley	Milan
1-unit, detached	83.9%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Coal Valley	Milan
Poverty rate	2.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1988	1968