East Peoria vs Pekin

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

East Peoria 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 22,485 in East Peoria). East Peoria has the higher median household income ($71,763 vs $58,355 in Pekin). East Peoria has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $118,200 in Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	East Peoria	Pekin
Population	22,485	31,812
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,763	$58,355
Median home value	$160,800	$118,200
Median gross rent	$894	$792
Housing units	10,912	14,733
Homeownership rate	75.5%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Peoria	Pekin
Population	22,851 → 22,485 (-1.6%)	32,846 → 31,812 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$58,984 → $71,763 (+21.7%)	$50,973 → $58,355 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$139,800 → $160,800 (+15.0%)	$106,200 → $118,200 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $894 (+30.1%)	$659 → $792 (+20.2%)

East Peoria

Population

22,85122,485

Median household income

$58,984$71,763

Median home value

$139,800$160,800

Median gross rent

$687$894

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)

	East Peoria	Pekin
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.3%
75 and over	8.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Peoria	Pekin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Peoria	Pekin
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Peoria	Pekin
Drove alone	82.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.7%	1.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Peoria	Pekin
1-unit, detached	81.7%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	10.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	East Peoria	Pekin
Poverty rate	11.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1968	1962