Pekin vs Washington

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

Pekin and Washington 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 15,946 in Washington). Washington has the higher median household income ($91,360 vs $58,355 in Pekin). Washington has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $118,200 in Pekin).

Population, income & housing

	Pekin	Washington
Population	31,812	15,946
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,355	$91,360
Median home value	$118,200	$216,700
Median gross rent	$792	$1,087
Housing units	14,733	6,322
Homeownership rate	66.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pekin	Washington
Population	32,846 → 31,812 (-3.1%)	16,567 → 15,946 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$50,973 → $58,355 (+14.5%)	$76,508 → $91,360 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$106,200 → $118,200 (+11.3%)	$180,900 → $216,700 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $792 (+20.2%)	$947 → $1,087 (+14.8%)

Pekin

Population

32,84631,812

Median household income

$50,973$58,355

Median home value

$106,200$118,200

Median gross rent

$659$792

Washington

Population

16,56715,946

Median household income

$76,508$91,360

Median home value

$180,900$216,700

Median gross rent

$947$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pekin	Washington
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	24.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.2%
75 and over	7.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pekin	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pekin	Washington
No high school diploma	10.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	37.7%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pekin	Washington
Drove alone	79.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	12.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pekin	Washington
1-unit, detached	71.2%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Pekin	Washington
Poverty rate	13.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1962	1978