Coal Valley vs Moline

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

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

Moline has the higher population (42,235 vs 4,142 in Coal Valley). Coal Valley has the higher median household income ($104,781 vs $63,959 in Moline). Coal Valley has the higher median home value ($208,700 vs $141,900 in Moline).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Valley	Moline
Population	4,142	42,235
Median age	46.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,781	$63,959
Median home value	$208,700	$141,900
Median gross rent	—	$887
Housing units	1,776	19,604
Homeownership rate	93.0%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Valley	Moline
Population	3,714 → 4,142 (+11.5%)	41,920 → 42,235 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$60,645 → $104,781 (+72.8%)	$54,431 → $63,959 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $208,700 (+26.9%)	$119,500 → $141,900 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $935 (-17.8%)	$770 → $887 (+15.2%)

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

Moline

Population

41,92042,235

Median household income

$54,431$63,959

Median home value

$119,500$141,900

Median gross rent

$770$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Valley	Moline
Under 5	3.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.6%
75 and over	9.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Valley	Moline
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	64.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Valley	Moline
No high school diploma	5.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	26.6%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Valley	Moline
Drove alone	86.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	7.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Valley	Moline
1-unit, detached	83.9%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Coal Valley	Moline
Poverty rate	2.7%	16.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1988	1957