Elmwood vs Peoria Heights

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

Elmwood 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 2,254 in Elmwood). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($87,644 vs $62,083 in Peoria Heights). Elmwood has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $118,000 in Peoria Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Peoria Heights
Population	2,254	5,834
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,644	$62,083
Median home value	$144,600	$118,000
Median gross rent	$761	$921
Housing units	952	3,119
Homeownership rate	75.7%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Peoria Heights
Population	2,367 → 2,254 (-4.8%)	5,860 → 5,834 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$68,194 → $87,644 (+28.5%)	$41,621 → $62,083 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $144,600 (+4.7%)	$82,800 → $118,000 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $761 (+19.1%)	$731 → $921 (+26.0%)

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 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)

	Elmwood	Peoria Heights
Under 5	9.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	18.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.9%
75 and over	7.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Peoria Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Peoria Heights
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Peoria Heights
Drove alone	70.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	7.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Peoria Heights
1-unit, detached	80.4%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	9.8%
20 or more units	4.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Peoria Heights
Poverty rate	11.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1940	1956