Peoria County, Illinois

Peoria County has a population of 179,645 and has shrunk 1.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $158,500, about 2.4 times the county's median household income of $65,108.

Home price
$158,500
Income
$65,108
Population
179,645
Unemployment
6.2%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$158,500county
Median gross rent$993county
Median year homes here were built1966county
Share of homes built before 198070.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,215county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,039county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$818county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,346county
Home insurance / yr$2,643(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.7(statewide)
Median household income$65,108county
Family health premium / yr$24,993(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$16,107(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.250(statewide)
Poverty rate15.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.4%county
Unemployment rate6.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government12.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.5%county
Economic output per resident$94,443county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate2.24%county
Top state income tax4.95%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.95%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.98%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport343114county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station38 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.1%county
Traffic deaths29.5county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher34.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.4%county
Public schools in the county64county
Public school enrollment27428county
Students per full-time teacher14.9county
Free lunch eligible56.4%county
Elementary schools34county
Middle schools16county
High schools11county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians134county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter8.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.6%county
Frequent mental distress16.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.0%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population179,645county
Land area in square miles619county
People per square mile of land290.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores39county
Convenience stores14county
Share living far from a food store11.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract11.3%county
Population change since 2020-1.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age38.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.3%county
Share of households that are one person37.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.1%county
Second languages8.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents132county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in4,219county
Households that moved away4,562county
Average income of arriving households$59,210county
Average income of departing households$76,672county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year73county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate289(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature53.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation26.9 incounty
Annual snowfall23.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.01 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F30 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing107 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days179 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 20county
Average first fall frostOct 16county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$130county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh15.3¢county
Household electricity use853 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.00(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity26.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas68.1%county
Homes heated by propane3.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband89.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk88.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk85.4county
Landslide risk94.8county
Hail risk95.3county
Earthquake risk79.9county
Tornado risk95.8county
Tropical cyclone risk30.7county
Extreme heat risk92.9county
Winter weather risk86.4county
Strong wind risk95.7county
Wildfire risk9.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Peoria County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Illinois figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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