Cherry Valley vs Westlake Village

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

Cherry Valley and Westlake Village 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 1,282 in Westlake Village). Westlake Village has the higher median household income ($143,424 vs $74,766 in Cherry Valley). Cherry Valley has the higher median home value ($222,400 vs $210,900 in Westlake Village).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	Westlake Village
Population	3,268	1,282
Median age	45.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,766	$143,424
Median home value	$222,400	$210,900
Median gross rent	$871	—
Housing units	1,339	447
Homeownership rate	81.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	Westlake Village
Population	2,614 → 3,268 (+25.0%)	1,744 → 1,282 (-26.5%)
Median household income	$63,603 → $74,766 (+17.6%)	$126,333 → $143,424 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $222,400 (+30.7%)	$182,300 → $210,900 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $871 (+17.9%)	—

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

Westlake Village

Population

1,7441,282

Median household income

$126,333$143,424

Median home value

$182,300$210,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	Westlake Village
Under 5	9.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	33.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.6%
25 to 34	18.5%	1.8%
35 to 44	3.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.1%
75 and over	8.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	Westlake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	63.2%	92.2%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	Westlake Village
No high school diploma	6.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	Westlake Village
Drove alone	87.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	7.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	Westlake Village
1-unit, detached	63.6%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	Westlake Village
Poverty rate	7.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1996	2004