Peoria vs Peoria Heights

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

Peoria 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 has the higher population (112,126 vs 5,834 in Peoria Heights). Peoria Heights has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $58,716 in Peoria). Peoria has the higher median home value ($149,500 vs $118,000 in Peoria Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Peoria	Peoria Heights
Population	112,126	5,834
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,716	$62,083
Median home value	$149,500	$118,000
Median gross rent	$951	$921
Housing units	54,526	3,119
Homeownership rate	58.2%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peoria	Peoria Heights
Population	113,532 → 112,126 (-1.2%)	5,860 → 5,834 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$51,771 → $58,716 (+13.4%)	$41,621 → $62,083 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $149,500 (+18.9%)	$82,800 → $118,000 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $951 (+18.0%)	$731 → $921 (+26.0%)

Peoria

Population

113,532112,126

Median household income

$51,771$58,716

Median home value

$125,700$149,500

Median gross rent

$806$951

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)

	Peoria	Peoria Heights
Under 5	6.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.9%
75 and over	7.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peoria	Peoria Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	25.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peoria	Peoria Heights
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.5%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peoria	Peoria Heights
Drove alone	75.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.9%
Public transit	1.3%	1.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peoria	Peoria Heights
1-unit, detached	63.9%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	9.8%
20 or more units	11.4%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Peoria	Peoria Heights
Poverty rate	20.0%	11.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1966	1956