Peoria

Population & Demographics

Peoria, IL

Peoria is home to 112,169 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 48,566 resident workers commute each day.

IllinoisCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
112,169
people
Population

112,169 residents

Median age 35.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Peoria population & demographics

Who lives in Peoria — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
112,169
Median age
35.5yrs
Median household income
$59,410
Median home value
$156,200
Median gross rent
$1,005/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
37.6%
Poverty rate
21.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Peoria

How Peoria breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White53.2%
Black25.6%
Hispanic or Latino8.0%
Asian6.6%
Two or more races6.1%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Peoria

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Peoria.

Peoria at a glance
Employed Residents
48,566
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
47.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
East Peoria
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Peoria proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Peoria commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Peoria

48,566 commutes, one dot at a time

Peoria

Where 48,566 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Peoria, by worker count.

1Peoria0.0 mi22,881
2East Peoria5.5 mi2,325
3Chicago126.6 mi1,713
4Morton11.2 mi1,267
5Mossville6.5 mi1,237
6Pekin11.3 mi889
7Bloomington37.7 mi861
8Peoria Heights2.2 mi847

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Peoria.

1Peoria0.0 mi22,881
2East Peoria5.5 mi3,214
3Pekin11.3 mi3,065
4Washington10.1 mi2,161
5Morton11.2 mi2,062
6Chicago126.6 mi1,314
7Bloomington37.7 mi1,164
8Peoria Heights2.2 mi1,139

Top industries

The sectors that employ Peoria’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance29.9%
MFManufacturing10.2%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises8.2%
RTRetail Trade8.2%
EDEducational Services6.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.5%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Peoria

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

9 providers
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Peoria

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).