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Peoria, IL

115,996 Population
48.1 square miles 2,410.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,209 ±$2,788 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $41,754 ±$1,456
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,078 ±$3,309 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $74,352 ±$3,191
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.8% ±5.2% (24,406  ±5,906) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 11.5% † 40,718 (±2% / ±6,918)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.9 minutes ±0.8 (784,545  ±41,536) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 20.8 3,118,645 (±0.3 / ±63,672)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

50,011 ±2,189 Number of households
  • the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 155,721 ±2,459
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (111,863  ±4,414) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 2.3 355,820 (±0 / ±883)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±2.8% (1,443  ±766) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 5.6% † 4,494 (±1.2% / ±966)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

54,176 ±2,187 Number of housing units
  • the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 168,204 ±430
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$177,900 ±$17,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: $173,700 ±$5,694
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.5% ±3.1% (14,275  ±3,574.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 9.7% † 35,153 (±1.4% / ±4,994)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±4.7% (70,088  ±4,593.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 94.7% 239,965 (±2.8% / ±7,229.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
42.5% ±3.7% (31,778  ±3,079.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 33.9% 86,011 (±1.7% / ±4,325)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

7.7% ±2.1% (8,919  ±2,451) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 3.6% † 13,191 (±0.7% / ±2,481)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5% ±1.4% (4,305  ±1,220) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area: 6.5% † 18,211 (±0.7% / ±2,095)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,305 Total veterans ±1,220 3,852 Male ±1,099 453 Female ±386

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