Peoria vs West Peoria

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

Peoria and West 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 4,246 in West Peoria). Peoria has the higher median household income ($58,716 vs $57,450 in West Peoria). Peoria has the higher median home value ($149,500 vs $92,500 in West Peoria).

Population, income & housing

	Peoria	West Peoria
Population	112,126	4,246
Median age	35.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,716	$57,450
Median home value	$149,500	$92,500
Median gross rent	$951	$1,180
Housing units	54,526	2,187
Homeownership rate	58.2%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peoria	West Peoria
Population	113,532 → 112,126 (-1.2%)	4,543 → 4,246 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$51,771 → $58,716 (+13.4%)	$46,746 → $57,450 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $149,500 (+18.9%)	$88,700 → $92,500 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $951 (+18.0%)	$756 → $1,180 (+56.1%)

Peoria

Population

113,532112,126

Median household income

$51,771$58,716

Median home value

$125,700$149,500

Median gross rent

$806$951

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)

	Peoria	West Peoria
Under 5	6.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.4%
75 and over	7.2%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peoria	West Peoria
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	63.0%
Black or African American	25.8%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peoria	West Peoria
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peoria	West Peoria
Drove alone	75.9%	88.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	2.8%
Public transit	1.3%	1.6%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peoria	West Peoria
1-unit, detached	63.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Peoria	West Peoria
Poverty rate	20.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1966	1944