Plum Valley vs Sunnyland

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

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

Sunnyland has the higher population (829 vs 542 in Plum Valley). Plum Valley has the higher median household income ($213,084 vs $65,833 in Sunnyland). Plum Valley has the higher median home value ($268,600 vs $140,700 in Sunnyland).

Population, income & housing

	Plum Valley	Sunnyland
Population	542	829
Median age	47.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$213,084	$65,833
Median home value	$268,600	$140,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,935
Housing units	194	256
Homeownership rate	79.9%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plum Valley	Sunnyland
Population	379 → 542 (+43.0%)	565 → 829 (+46.7%)
Median household income	$179,375 → $213,084 (+18.8%)	$63,500 → $65,833 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$281,300 → $268,600 (-4.5%)	$137,100 → $140,700 (+2.6%)

Plum Valley

Population

379542

Median household income

$179,375$213,084

Median home value

$281,300$268,600

Sunnyland

Population

565829

Median household income

$63,500$65,833

Median home value

$137,100$140,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plum Valley	Sunnyland
Under 5	2.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	29.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	5.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	5.0%	3.0%
45 to 54	33.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	3.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.1%
75 and over	11.6%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plum Valley	Sunnyland
White (non-Hispanic)	14.9%	58.3%
Black or African American	69.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.8%	15.3%
Two or more races	8.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plum Valley	Sunnyland
No high school diploma	2.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	18.9%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	34.1%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plum Valley	Sunnyland
Drove alone	88.5%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plum Valley	Sunnyland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Plum Valley	Sunnyland
Poverty rate	1.5%	17.7%
Average household size	2.79	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	53	31
Median year structure built	1980	1966