Coal Valley vs Port Byron

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

Coal Valley and Port Byron 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 1,959 in Port Byron). Coal Valley has the higher median household income ($104,781 vs $101,250 in Port Byron). Port Byron has the higher median home value ($259,300 vs $208,700 in Coal Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Valley	Port Byron
Population	4,142	1,959
Median age	46.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,781	$101,250
Median home value	$208,700	$259,300
Median gross rent	—	$513
Housing units	1,776	793
Homeownership rate	93.0%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Valley	Port Byron
Population	3,714 → 4,142 (+11.5%)	2,101 → 1,959 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$60,645 → $104,781 (+72.8%)	$68,750 → $101,250 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $208,700 (+26.9%)	$201,700 → $259,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $935 (-17.8%)	$627 → $513 (-18.2%)

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

Port Byron

Population

2,1011,959

Median household income

$68,750$101,250

Median home value

$201,700$259,300

Median gross rent

$627$513

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Valley	Port Byron
Under 5	3.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.8%
75 and over	9.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Valley	Port Byron
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Valley	Port Byron
No high school diploma	5.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.6%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Valley	Port Byron
Drove alone	86.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	14.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Valley	Port Byron
1-unit, detached	83.9%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Coal Valley	Port Byron
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1988	1975