Creve Coeur vs Pekin

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

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

Pekin has the higher population (31,812 vs 4,572 in Creve Coeur). Pekin has the higher median household income ($58,355 vs $49,853 in Creve Coeur). Pekin has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $86,500 in Creve Coeur).

Population, income & housing

	Creve Coeur	Pekin
Population	4,572	31,812
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,853	$58,355
Median home value	$86,500	$118,200
Median gross rent	$855	$792
Housing units	2,550	14,733
Homeownership rate	81.9%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creve Coeur	Pekin
Population	5,213 → 4,572 (-12.3%)	32,846 → 31,812 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$49,870 → $49,853 (-0.0%)	$50,973 → $58,355 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $86,500 (+5.0%)	$106,200 → $118,200 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $855 (+37.5%)	$659 → $792 (+20.2%)

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

Pekin

Population

32,84631,812

Median household income

$50,973$58,355

Median home value

$106,200$118,200

Median gross rent

$659$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creve Coeur	Pekin
Under 5	2.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	19.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.3%
75 and over	5.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creve Coeur	Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creve Coeur	Pekin
No high school diploma	10.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	40.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creve Coeur	Pekin
Drove alone	67.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.7%	7.3%
Other means	3.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creve Coeur	Pekin
1-unit, detached	82.7%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Creve Coeur	Pekin
Poverty rate	9.0%	13.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1954	1962