Creve Coeur vs North Pekin

A side-by-side comparison of Creve Coeur and North Pekin: population, income, housing, and more.

Creve Coeur and North Pekin are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Creve Coeur has the higher population (4,572 vs 1,647 in North Pekin). North Pekin has the higher median household income ($79,730 vs $49,853 in Creve Coeur). North Pekin has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $86,500 in Creve Coeur).

Population, income & housing

	Creve Coeur	North Pekin
Population	4,572	1,647
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,853	$79,730
Median home value	$86,500	$118,100
Median gross rent	$855	$1,090
Housing units	2,550	721
Homeownership rate	81.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creve Coeur	North Pekin
Population	5,213 → 4,572 (-12.3%)	1,554 → 1,647 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$49,870 → $49,853 (-0.0%)	$57,847 → $79,730 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $86,500 (+5.0%)	$89,800 → $118,100 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $855 (+37.5%)	$928 → $1,090 (+17.5%)

Creve Coeur

Population

5,2134,572

Median household income

$49,870$49,853

Median home value

$82,400$86,500

Median gross rent

$622$855

North Pekin

Population

1,5541,647

Median household income

$57,847$79,730

Median home value

$89,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$928$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creve Coeur	North Pekin
Under 5	2.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	20.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.2%
75 and over	5.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creve Coeur	North Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creve Coeur	North Pekin
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	40.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creve Coeur	North Pekin
Drove alone	67.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	23.7%	3.3%
Other means	3.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creve Coeur	North Pekin
1-unit, detached	82.7%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Creve Coeur	North Pekin
Poverty rate	9.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1954	1965