Elmwood vs Peoria

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

Elmwood 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 2,254 in Elmwood). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($87,644 vs $58,716 in Peoria). Peoria has the higher median home value ($149,500 vs $144,600 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Peoria
Population	2,254	112,126
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,644	$58,716
Median home value	$144,600	$149,500
Median gross rent	$761	$951
Housing units	952	54,526
Homeownership rate	75.7%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Peoria
Population	2,367 → 2,254 (-4.8%)	113,532 → 112,126 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $87,644 (+28.5%)	$51,771 → $58,716 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $144,600 (+4.7%)	$125,700 → $149,500 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $761 (+19.1%)	$806 → $951 (+18.0%)

Elmwood

Population

2,3672,254

Median household income

$68,194$87,644

Median home value

$138,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$639$761

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)

	Elmwood	Peoria
Under 5	9.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	18.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.4%
75 and over	7.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Peoria
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	54.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	25.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Peoria
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	25.8%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Peoria
Drove alone	70.6%	75.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	7.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	10.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Peoria
1-unit, detached	80.4%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	13.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Peoria
Poverty rate	11.5%	20.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1940	1966