German Valley vs Pearl City

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

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

Pearl City has the higher population (798 vs 455 in German Valley). German Valley has the higher median household income ($71,420 vs $63,500 in Pearl City). Pearl City has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $118,300 in German Valley).

Population, income & housing

	German Valley	Pearl City
Population	455	798
Median age	34.4 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,420	$63,500
Median home value	$118,300	$121,300
Median gross rent	$775	$747
Housing units	205	306
Homeownership rate	74.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	German Valley	Pearl City
Population	553 → 455 (-17.7%)	738 → 798 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $71,420 (+24.2%)	$64,286 → $63,500 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $118,300 (+32.8%)	$96,600 → $121,300 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $775 (+18.5%)	$631 → $747 (+18.4%)

German Valley

Population

553455

Median household income

$57,500$71,420

Median home value

$89,100$118,300

Median gross rent

$654$775

Pearl City

Population

738798

Median household income

$64,286$63,500

Median home value

$96,600$121,300

Median gross rent

$631$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	German Valley	Pearl City
Under 5	10.8%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	25.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.3%
75 and over	6.4%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	German Valley	Pearl City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	German Valley	Pearl City
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	German Valley	Pearl City
Drove alone	90.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	German Valley	Pearl City
1-unit, detached	84.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	German Valley	Pearl City
Poverty rate	6.8%	7.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1970	1973