Coal Valley vs Silvis

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

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

Silvis has the higher population (7,939 vs 4,142 in Coal Valley). Coal Valley has the higher median household income ($104,781 vs $67,569 in Silvis). Coal Valley has the higher median home value ($208,700 vs $161,300 in Silvis).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Valley	Silvis
Population	4,142	7,939
Median age	46.7 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,781	$67,569
Median home value	$208,700	$161,300
Median gross rent	—	$975
Housing units	1,776	4,538
Homeownership rate	93.0%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Valley	Silvis
Population	3,714 → 4,142 (+11.5%)	7,497 → 7,939 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$60,645 → $104,781 (+72.8%)	$53,634 → $67,569 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $208,700 (+26.9%)	$117,600 → $161,300 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,137 → $935 (-17.8%)	$798 → $975 (+22.2%)

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

Silvis

Population

7,4977,939

Median household income

$53,634$67,569

Median home value

$117,600$161,300

Median gross rent

$798$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Valley	Silvis
Under 5	3.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	13.5%
75 and over	9.2%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Valley	Silvis
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	74.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Valley	Silvis
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	26.6%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Valley	Silvis
Drove alone	86.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Valley	Silvis
1-unit, detached	83.9%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.8%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Coal Valley	Silvis
Poverty rate	2.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.53	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1988	1974