About Cherry Valley

Cherry Valley is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,731 people and just one neighborhood, Cherry Valley is the 367th largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some towns , Cherry Valley isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Cherry Valley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cherry Valley is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Cherry Valley who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.39%), sales jobs (15.04%), and management occupations (7.04%).

Also of interest is that Cherry Valley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Cherry Valley is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Cherry Valley's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Cherry Valley is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Cherry Valley isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 99.47% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Cherry Valley is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Cherry Valley Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Cherry Valley is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 23.50% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cherry Valley in 2000 was $27,258, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,032 for a family of four. However, Cherry Valley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cherry Valley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cherry Valley is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cherry Valley include German, Swedish, Italian, Irish, English, Norwegian, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Cherry Valley is English.