Chillicothe vs Peoria

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

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

Peoria has the higher population (112,126 vs 6,185 in Chillicothe). Chillicothe has the higher median household income ($62,108 vs $58,716 in Peoria). Peoria has the higher median home value ($149,500 vs $128,500 in Chillicothe).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Peoria
Population	6,185	112,126
Median age	43.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,108	$58,716
Median home value	$128,500	$149,500
Median gross rent	$798	$951
Housing units	2,968	54,526
Homeownership rate	80.5%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Peoria
Population	6,218 → 6,185 (-0.5%)	113,532 → 112,126 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$48,731 → $62,108 (+27.5%)	$51,771 → $58,716 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $128,500 (+5.4%)	$125,700 → $149,500 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $798 (+10.2%)	$806 → $951 (+18.0%)

Chillicothe

Population

6,2186,185

Median household income

$48,731$62,108

Median home value

$121,900$128,500

Median gross rent

$724$798

Peoria

Population

113,532112,126

Median household income

$51,771$58,716

Median home value

$125,700$149,500

Median gross rent

$806$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Peoria
Under 5	7.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.4%
75 and over	9.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Peoria
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	54.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	25.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Peoria
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Peoria
Drove alone	87.9%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Peoria
1-unit, detached	79.6%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	13.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Peoria
Poverty rate	14.5%	20.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1966	1966