Cherry Valley vs Pecatonica

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

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

Cherry Valley has the higher population (3,268 vs 2,178 in Pecatonica). Cherry Valley has the higher median household income ($74,766 vs $71,500 in Pecatonica). Cherry Valley has the higher median home value ($222,400 vs $134,900 in Pecatonica).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	Pecatonica
Population	3,268	2,178
Median age	45.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,766	$71,500
Median home value	$222,400	$134,900
Median gross rent	$871	$1,089
Housing units	1,339	988
Homeownership rate	81.6%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	Pecatonica
Population	2,614 → 3,268 (+25.0%)	2,243 → 2,178 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$63,603 → $74,766 (+17.6%)	$56,500 → $71,500 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $222,400 (+30.7%)	$114,500 → $134,900 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $871 (+17.9%)	$865 → $1,089 (+25.9%)

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

Pecatonica

Population

2,2432,178

Median household income

$56,500$71,500

Median home value

$114,500$134,900

Median gross rent

$865$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	Pecatonica
Under 5	9.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	3.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.8%
75 and over	8.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	Pecatonica
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	Pecatonica
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	Pecatonica
Drove alone	87.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	9.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	Pecatonica
1-unit, detached	63.6%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	Pecatonica
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1996	1957