Valley City, Illinois
2026 Edition · 7 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 8.3% since 2020.
13
people, the 1294th-largest of Illinois's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Illinois's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
100.0%
of 90 jobs located in Valley City are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $195.
A $195 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Pike County.
- $655 Tract 9524
- $850 Tract 9528
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Building
55% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 55% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0–9% to the 11 homes here.
0–1
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac