Deer Creek vs South Pekin

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Creek and South Pekin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Pekin has the higher population (949 vs 566 in Deer Creek). Deer Creek has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $64,750 in South Pekin). Deer Creek has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $106,000 in South Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Creek	South Pekin
Population	566	949
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,813	$64,750
Median home value	$141,400	$106,000
Median gross rent	$1,108	$741
Housing units	267	380
Homeownership rate	80.4%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Creek	South Pekin
Population	601 → 566 (-5.8%)	1,170 → 949 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $87,813 (+50.7%)	$49,167 → $64,750 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $141,400 (+8.7%)	$80,000 → $106,000 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,108 (+22.6%)	$739 → $741 (+0.3%)

Deer Creek

Population

601566

Median household income

$58,281$87,813

Median home value

$130,100$141,400

Median gross rent

$904$1,108

South Pekin

Population

1,170949

Median household income

$49,167$64,750

Median home value

$80,000$106,000

Median gross rent

$739$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Creek	South Pekin
Under 5	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	12.2%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.4%
75 and over	7.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Creek	South Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Creek	South Pekin
No high school diploma	4.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	30.8%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Creek	South Pekin
Drove alone	81.4%	88.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Creek	South Pekin
1-unit, detached	88.0%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Creek	South Pekin
Poverty rate	8.1%	11.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1959	1960