Illinois · Census place 1715235

Coal Valley, Illinois

Coal Valley is a village in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 3,883 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 377th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,883
#377 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+7 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
1,225 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Coal Valley. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Coal Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Coal Valley added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +34.

3,87620203,85320213,83720223,84920233,8832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,881. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coal Valley covers 3.17 square miles of land, for 1,225 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Coal Valley is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Coal Valley spans

Coal Valley crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,883 residents as follows; Rock Island County holds 95.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Rock Island County3,710
  2. 02Henry County173
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Coal Valley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coal Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61240. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Coal Valley is

The Census internal point of Coal Valley is at 41.438400, -90.439400. Springfield, the capital, is 121.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Moline, IL (42,442 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 11.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.438400, -90.439400
DMS
41°26'18.24"N 90°26'21.84"W
UTM
15N 713926.1E 4590590.3N
Geohash
9zrewp8h1
Plus code
86HFCHQ6+96

Daylight in Coal Valley

At 41.44° N, Coal Valley gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coal Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Moline, 4.1 miles away, with 42,442 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coal Valley, IL?

3,883 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.2%) from 3,876 in July 2020.

What county is Coal Valley in?

It spans 2 counties: Rock Island County (3,710 residents), Henry County (173 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Coal Valley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61240.

How far is Coal Valley from Springfield?

121.8 miles (196.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Coal Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Coal Valley?

Moline, IL, with 42,442 residents, 4.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.