Bellevue vs Peoria Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Bellevue and Peoria Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peoria Heights has the higher population (5,834 vs 2,158 in Bellevue). Peoria Heights has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $60,769 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($130,300 vs $118,000 in Peoria Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Peoria Heights
Population	2,158	5,834
Median age	45.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$62,083
Median home value	$130,300	$118,000
Median gross rent	$748	$921
Housing units	1,024	3,119
Homeownership rate	71.3%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Peoria Heights
Population	2,008 → 2,158 (+7.5%)	5,860 → 5,834 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $60,769 (+31.8%)	$41,621 → $62,083 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $130,300 (+58.9%)	$82,800 → $118,000 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $748 (+15.6%)	$731 → $921 (+26.0%)

Bellevue

Population

2,0082,158

Median household income

$46,094$60,769

Median home value

$82,000$130,300

Median gross rent

$647$748

Peoria Heights

Population

5,8605,834

Median household income

$41,621$62,083

Median home value

$82,800$118,000

Median gross rent

$731$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Peoria Heights
Under 5	3.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	23.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.9%
75 and over	6.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Peoria Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Peoria Heights
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	45.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Peoria Heights
Drove alone	66.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	16.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	3.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Peoria Heights
1-unit, detached	69.1%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Peoria Heights
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1974	1956