German Valley vs Orangeville

A side-by-side comparison of German Valley and Orangeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orangeville has the higher population (957 vs 455 in German Valley). German Valley has the higher median household income ($71,420 vs $70,833 in Orangeville). Orangeville has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $118,300 in German Valley).

Population, income & housing

	German Valley	Orangeville
Population	455	957
Median age	34.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,420	$70,833
Median home value	$118,300	$135,600
Median gross rent	$775	$689
Housing units	205	495
Homeownership rate	74.3%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	German Valley	Orangeville
Population	553 → 455 (-17.7%)	752 → 957 (+27.3%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $71,420 (+24.2%)	$45,074 → $70,833 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $118,300 (+32.8%)	$99,500 → $135,600 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $775 (+18.5%)	$499 → $689 (+38.1%)

German Valley

Population

553455

Median household income

$57,500$71,420

Median home value

$89,100$118,300

Median gross rent

$654$775

Orangeville

Population

752957

Median household income

$45,074$70,833

Median home value

$99,500$135,600

Median gross rent

$499$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	German Valley	Orangeville
Under 5	10.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.6%
75 and over	6.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	German Valley	Orangeville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	German Valley	Orangeville
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	German Valley	Orangeville
Drove alone	90.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	1.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	German Valley	Orangeville
1-unit, detached	84.9%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	German Valley	Orangeville
Poverty rate	6.8%	13.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1970	1963