Braidwood vs Peotone

A side-by-side comparison of Braidwood and Peotone: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Braidwood has the higher population (6,175 vs 4,462 in Peotone). Peotone has the higher median household income ($104,792 vs $83,365 in Braidwood). Peotone has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $205,900 in Braidwood).

Population, income & housing

	Braidwood	Peotone
Population	6,175	4,462
Median age	44.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,365	$104,792
Median home value	$205,900	$261,400
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,102
Housing units	2,949	1,622
Homeownership rate	82.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braidwood	Peotone
Population	6,377 → 6,175 (-3.2%)	4,331 → 4,462 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$63,074 → $83,365 (+32.2%)	$83,651 → $104,792 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $205,900 (+26.8%)	$191,600 → $261,400 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,089 (+11.2%)	$926 → $1,102 (+19.0%)

Braidwood

Population

6,3776,175

Median household income

$63,074$83,365

Median home value

$162,400$205,900

Median gross rent

$979$1,089

Peotone

Population

4,3314,462

Median household income

$83,651$104,792

Median home value

$191,600$261,400

Median gross rent

$926$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braidwood	Peotone
Under 5	3.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	13.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.4%
75 and over	3.4%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braidwood	Peotone
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braidwood	Peotone
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braidwood	Peotone
Drove alone	90.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	10.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braidwood	Peotone
1-unit, detached	72.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Braidwood	Peotone
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1994	1977