Deer Creek vs Green Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Creek and Green Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Green Valley has the higher population (700 vs 566 in Deer Creek). Deer Creek has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $62,986 in Green Valley). Deer Creek has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $116,700 in Green Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	Green Valley
Population	566	700
Median age	38.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,813	$62,986
Median home value	$141,400	$116,700
Median gross rent	$1,108	$725
Housing units	267	336
Homeownership rate	80.4%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	Green Valley
Population	601 → 566 (-5.8%)	652 → 700 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $87,813 (+50.7%)	$71,250 → $62,986 (-11.6%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $141,400 (+8.7%)	$98,400 → $116,700 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,108 (+22.6%)	$730 → $725 (-0.7%)

Deer Creek

Population

601566

Median household income

$58,281$87,813

Median home value

$130,100$141,400

Median gross rent

$904$1,108

Green Valley

Population

652700

Median household income

$71,250$62,986

Median home value

$98,400$116,700

Median gross rent

$730$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	Green Valley
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	12.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.0%
75 and over	7.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	Green Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	Green Valley
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	Green Valley
Drove alone	81.4%	92.7%
Carpooled	13.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	Green Valley
1-unit, detached	88.0%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	Green Valley
Poverty rate	8.1%	19.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1959	1956