Cherry Valley vs South Beloit

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

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

South Beloit has the higher population (7,930 vs 3,268 in Cherry Valley). South Beloit has the higher median household income ($81,836 vs $74,766 in Cherry Valley). Cherry Valley has the higher median home value ($222,400 vs $160,800 in South Beloit).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	South Beloit
Population	3,268	7,930
Median age	45.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,766	$81,836
Median home value	$222,400	$160,800
Median gross rent	$871	$925
Housing units	1,339	3,256
Homeownership rate	81.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	South Beloit
Population	2,614 → 3,268 (+25.0%)	7,900 → 7,930 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$63,603 → $74,766 (+17.6%)	$60,822 → $81,836 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $222,400 (+30.7%)	$125,800 → $160,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $871 (+17.9%)	$784 → $925 (+18.0%)

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

South Beloit

Population

7,9007,930

Median household income

$60,822$81,836

Median home value

$125,800$160,800

Median gross rent

$784$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	South Beloit
Under 5	9.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	3.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.4%
75 and over	8.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	South Beloit
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	78.2%
Black or African American	11.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	South Beloit
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	34.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	South Beloit
Drove alone	87.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	1.8%	21.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	South Beloit
1-unit, detached	63.6%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	South Beloit
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1996	1990