Peru vs Streator

A side-by-side comparison of Peru and Streator: population, income, housing, and more.

Peru and Streator are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Streator has the higher population (12,274 vs 9,863 in Peru). Peru has the higher median household income ($68,147 vs $54,953 in Streator). Peru has the higher median home value ($155,600 vs $88,000 in Streator).

Population, income & housing

	Peru	Streator
Population	9,863	12,274
Median age	45.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,147	$54,953
Median home value	$155,600	$88,000
Median gross rent	$879	$779
Housing units	4,912	6,277
Homeownership rate	74.5%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peru	Streator
Population	9,798 → 9,863 (+0.7%)	12,653 → 12,274 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$51,321 → $68,147 (+32.8%)	$39,736 → $54,953 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $155,600 (+22.1%)	$70,800 → $88,000 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $879 (+18.1%)	$641 → $779 (+21.5%)

Peru

Population

9,7989,863

Median household income

$51,321$68,147

Median home value

$127,400$155,600

Median gross rent

$744$879

Streator

Population

12,65312,274

Median household income

$39,736$54,953

Median home value

$70,800$88,000

Median gross rent

$641$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peru	Streator
Under 5	5.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.8%
75 and over	11.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peru	Streator
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	77.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peru	Streator
No high school diploma	4.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	33.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peru	Streator
Drove alone	80.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peru	Streator
1-unit, detached	83.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.1%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Peru	Streator
Poverty rate	9.2%	20.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1957	1954