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Peoria, IL Urban Area

255,063 Population
145.8 square miles 1,749.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,246 ±$1,746 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,152 ±$3,365 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.5% ±2.7% (35,710  ±6,808) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20 minutes ±1.1 (2,231,125  ±153,680) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

110,611 ±2,893 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (246,911  ±4,831) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±1.6% (2,880  ±942) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

118,905 ±2,009 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$162,300 ±$6,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.5% ±1.9% (28,816  ±4,921) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94% ±3.1% (163,886  ±6,522.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.1% ±2.1% (59,514  ±3,922.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.4% ±1% (11,154  ±2,532) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±0.9% (11,919  ±1,799) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,919 Total veterans ±1,799 10,959 Male ±1,572 960 Female ±551

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