Bellevue vs West Peoria

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

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

West Peoria has the higher population (4,246 vs 2,158 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median household income ($60,769 vs $57,450 in West Peoria). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($130,300 vs $92,500 in West Peoria).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	West Peoria
Population	2,158	4,246
Median age	45.2 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$57,450
Median home value	$130,300	$92,500
Median gross rent	$748	$1,180
Housing units	1,024	2,187
Homeownership rate	71.3%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	West Peoria
Population	2,008 → 2,158 (+7.5%)	4,543 → 4,246 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $60,769 (+31.8%)	$46,746 → $57,450 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $130,300 (+58.9%)	$88,700 → $92,500 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $748 (+15.6%)	$756 → $1,180 (+56.1%)

Bellevue

Population

2,0082,158

Median household income

$46,094$60,769

Median home value

$82,000$130,300

Median gross rent

$647$748

West Peoria

Population

4,5434,246

Median household income

$46,746$57,450

Median home value

$88,700$92,500

Median gross rent

$756$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	West Peoria
Under 5	3.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	23.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.4%
75 and over	6.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	West Peoria
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	63.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	West Peoria
No high school diploma	11.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	45.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	West Peoria
Drove alone	66.4%	88.2%
Carpooled	16.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	3.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	West Peoria
1-unit, detached	69.1%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	West Peoria
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	14
Median year structure built	1974	1944