Census Reporter

Pekin, IL

32,796 Population
15.7 square miles 2,086.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$27,461 ±$1,412 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $33,028 ±$547
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $37,306 ±$155
$50,552 ±$2,859 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $60,094 ±$945
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $68,428 ±$267

15.5% ±2.8% (4,826  ±886) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 12.1% 47,492 (±0.6% / ±2,489)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 12% 1,488,670 (±0.2% / ±18,242)

22.2 minutes ±1.3 (309,470  ±23,351) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 20.5 3,513,325 (±0.3 / ±65,201)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 29 164,929,595 (±0.1 / ±812,306)

Families

13,777 ±478 Number of households
  • the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 163,466 ±1,199
  • Illinois: 4,884,061 ±8,585
2.3 ±0.1 (31,126  ±571) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 2.4 391,928 (±0 / ±686)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,419,358

6.7% ±2.8% (457  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 5.3% 4,612 (±0.5% / ±434)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 154,995 (±0.1% / ±2,932)

Housing

15,159 ±479 Number of housing units
  • the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 183,156 ±335
  • Illinois: 5,373,385 ±564

$104,000 ±$5,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $133,600 ±$1,959
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $202,100 ±$886

15.7% ±2.7% (5,039  ±871) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 11.9% 47,518 (±0.6% / ±2,471.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 12.5% 1,566,568 (±0.1% / ±15,162.6)

Social

90.1% ±3.8% (21,078  ±1,071.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 92.3% 256,865 (±1.1% / ±3,047.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 89.7% 7,788,362 (±0.3% / ±21,479.5)
17.6% ±2% (4,123  ±483.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 27.9% 77,713 (±0.6% / ±1,681)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 35.5% 3,085,274 (±0.2% / ±13,375)

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

0.8% ±0.4% (253  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 3.4% 13,905 (±0.2% / ±812)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 13.9% 1,773,067 (±0.1% / ±11,518)

7.3% ±1.4% (1,872  ±352) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 7.4% 23,117 (±0.3% / ±834)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5.6% 553,593 (±0.1% / ±4,742)
1,872 Total veterans ±352 1,726 Male ±339 146 Female ±87

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