Bonnie Brae vs Plum Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Bonnie Brae and Plum Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bonnie Brae has the higher population (844 vs 542 in Plum Valley). Plum Valley has the higher median household income ($213,084 vs $76,483 in Bonnie Brae). Plum Valley has the higher median home value ($268,600 vs $224,200 in Bonnie Brae).

Population, income & housing

	Bonnie Brae	Plum Valley
Population	844	542
Median age	37.0 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,483	$213,084
Median home value	$224,200	$268,600
Median gross rent	$1,570	—
Housing units	351	194
Homeownership rate	59.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonnie Brae	Plum Valley
Population	1,248 → 844 (-32.4%)	379 → 542 (+43.0%)
Median household income	$74,511 → $76,483 (+2.6%)	$179,375 → $213,084 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$155,400 → $224,200 (+44.3%)	$281,300 → $268,600 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,570 (+23.3%)	—

Bonnie Brae

Population

1,248844

Median household income

$74,511$76,483

Median home value

$155,400$224,200

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,570

Plum Valley

Population

379542

Median household income

$179,375$213,084

Median home value

$281,300$268,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonnie Brae	Plum Valley
Under 5	3.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	29.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.7%	5.7%
35 to 44	16.6%	5.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	33.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	3.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.4%
75 and over	4.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonnie Brae	Plum Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	14.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.8%
Two or more races	5.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonnie Brae	Plum Valley
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	40.5%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonnie Brae	Plum Valley
Drove alone	71.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	14.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	11.5%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonnie Brae	Plum Valley
1-unit, detached	82.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bonnie Brae	Plum Valley
Poverty rate	5.3%	1.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	53
Median year structure built	1961	1980