Cherry Valley vs Machesney Park

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry Valley and Machesney Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Machesney Park has the higher population (22,744 vs 3,268 in Cherry Valley). Cherry Valley has the higher median household income ($74,766 vs $74,244 in Machesney Park). Cherry Valley has the higher median home value ($222,400 vs $162,500 in Machesney Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	Machesney Park
Population	3,268	22,744
Median age	45.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,766	$74,244
Median home value	$222,400	$162,500
Median gross rent	$871	$1,109
Housing units	1,339	9,125
Homeownership rate	81.6%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	Machesney Park
Population	2,614 → 3,268 (+25.0%)	22,817 → 22,744 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$63,603 → $74,766 (+17.6%)	$63,662 → $74,244 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $222,400 (+30.7%)	$120,700 → $162,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $871 (+17.9%)	$956 → $1,109 (+16.0%)

Cherry Valley

Population

2,6143,268

Median household income

$63,603$74,766

Median home value

$170,100$222,400

Median gross rent

$739$871

Machesney Park

Population

22,81722,744

Median household income

$63,662$74,244

Median home value

$120,700$162,500

Median gross rent

$956$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	Machesney Park
Under 5	9.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	3.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.8%
75 and over	8.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	Machesney Park
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	80.5%
Black or African American	11.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	Machesney Park
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	34.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	Machesney Park
Drove alone	87.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	1.8%	6.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	Machesney Park
1-unit, detached	63.6%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	Machesney Park
Poverty rate	7.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1996	1977