Godley vs Plum Valley

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

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

Plum Valley has the higher population (542 vs 538 in Godley). Plum Valley has the higher median household income ($213,084 vs $54,583 in Godley). Plum Valley has the higher median home value ($268,600 vs $142,000 in Godley).

Population, income & housing

	Godley	Plum Valley
Population	538	542
Median age	48.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$213,084
Median home value	$142,000	$268,600
Median gross rent	$1,393	—
Housing units	251	194
Homeownership rate	75.5%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Godley	Plum Valley
Population	631 → 538 (-14.7%)	379 → 542 (+43.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $54,583 (+12.0%)	$179,375 → $213,084 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$107,100 → $142,000 (+32.6%)	$281,300 → $268,600 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,393 (+52.4%)	—

Godley

Population

631538

Median household income

$48,750$54,583

Median home value

$107,100$142,000

Median gross rent

$914$1,393

Plum Valley

Population

379542

Median household income

$179,375$213,084

Median home value

$281,300$268,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Godley	Plum Valley
Under 5	2.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	29.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	5.7%
35 to 44	17.5%	5.0%
45 to 54	22.7%	33.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	3.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.4%
75 and over	3.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Godley	Plum Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	14.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	6.8%
Two or more races	1.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Godley	Plum Valley
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	40.5%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Godley	Plum Valley
Drove alone	87.8%	88.5%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	11.5%
Other means	7.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Godley	Plum Valley
1-unit, detached	53.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Godley	Plum Valley
Poverty rate	15.6%	1.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	31	53
Median year structure built	1993	1980