Village · Peoria County, Illinois

Peoria Heights, Illinois

Peoria Heights is a village in Peoria County, Illinois, part of the Peoria, IL metro area. It has 5,825 residents. Peoria Heights, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,188 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #421 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on primary care physicians (high), rent-burdened households (low) and rent as share of income (low). It ranks worst on violent crime rate (high), property crime rate (high) and distance to an airport (high).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,188 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #421 of 697 in IL
Population: 5,825 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 2,336.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1759026

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety6#14,686/15,637
Economy44#8,791/15,631
Housing87#1,883/14,977
Health45#8,509/15,609
Healthcare53#7,303/15,650
Environment12#13,518/15,453
Education29#11,137/15,649
Infrastructure65#5,413/15,650
Community41#9,232/15,651
Leisure & amenities77#3,556/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Peoria Heights, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Peoria County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Primary care physicians · high147 /100k
99/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePeoria County value
Rent-burdened households · low21.4%
99/100Illinois 47.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · low21.1%
98/100Illinois 29.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
93/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average commute time · low16.7 min
91/100Illinois 27.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Restaurants and bars · high12.6 /10k
89/100Illinois 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPeoria County value

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high914 /100k
1/100Illinois 251 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPeoria County value
Property crime rate · high2,913 /100k
2/100Illinois 1,508 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPeoria County value
Distance to an airport · high121 mi
5/100Illinois 35 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPeoria County value
Homicide rate · high11.3 /100k
6/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPeoria County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.05%
7/100Illinois 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Job growth · low-2.8%
7/100Illinois 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPeoria County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
24.3% (2015-2019) → 3.9% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
33.4% (2015-2019) → 21.4% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.0% (2015-2019) → 90.8% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,621 (2015-2019) → $60,099 (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
17.1% (2015-2019) → 8.2% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
25.4% (2015-2019) → 21.1% (2020-2024)
−4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Peoria Heights, Illinois improved on 4 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Poverty−8.9 points17.1% → 8.2%
Household income+44%$41,621 → $60,099
Rent / income−4.3 points25.4% → 21.1%
Broadband+9.8 points81.0% → 90.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Peoria Heights, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.2 min2015-2019	16.7 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Broadband subscriptions	81.0%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Improved	58%
Effective property tax rate	2.55%2015-2019	2.05%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
High school diploma or higher	94.4%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4922015-2019	0.4492020-2024	−0.043	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$41,6212015-2019	$60,0992020-2024	+44%	Improved	79%
Poverty rate	17.1%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Improved	91%
Rent as share of income	25.4%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Improved	80%
Rent-burdened households	33.4%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.3%2015-2019	5.5%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Peoria Heights, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Peoria Heights, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Peoria Heights, Illinois itself moved +6.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,825 residents (±21)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,898 households (±194)

Peoria Heights, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k13%†382
$25k–50k25%722
$50k–75k25%734

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,898 households (±194)

Peoria Heights, Illinois
Illinois share

Own66%1,925
Rent34%973

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.2 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,098 workers (±295)

Peoria Heights, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone79%2,447
Carpool11%†344
Public transit1.4%†42

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Peoria, IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Peoria County, the county holding most of Peoria Heights's residents.

Peoria County has 4,168 employer establishments, 234 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Illinois's), with 103,153 paid employees at an average annual pay of $68,785. The Census Bureau also counts 10,713 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,168; 10,713 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 234; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 103,153
Average annual pay: $68,785; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Peoria County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	363	20.4	0.98×About typical	11,733	$85,443	566
Restaurants and other eating places	333	18.7	1.02×About typical	5,671	$21,673	32
Specialty trade contractors	202	11.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	2,772	$88,058	438
Lessors of real estate	151	8.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	544	$50,246	1,010
Limited-service restaurants	146	8.2	1.02×About typical	2,648	$19,971	14
Full-service restaurants	140	7.9	1.02×About typical	2,576	$23,276	13
Religious organizations	138	7.7	1.40×More than typical	1,752	$37,355	—
Offices of physicians	126	7.1	1.09×About typical	7,528	$95,907	115
Services to buildings and dwellings	122	6.9	1.02×About typical	3,378	$33,984	596
Legal services	112	6.3	1.17×About typical	626	$88,120	63
Building equipment contractors	98	5.5	0.91×About typical	1,791	$85,484	47
Automotive repair and maintenance	97	5.4	1.08×About typical	601	$44,003	88

Rank places for an industry Open Peoria County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 178,098 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Peoria Heights, Illinois: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

69.6KFY2017
81.4KFY2018
109.9KFY2019
53.4KFY2020
5.1KFY2021
29.1KFY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Peoria Heights, Illinois, so they do not add up across cities.

Peoria Heights, Illinois's figures are part of those of Peoria County, IL and Tazewell County, IL ($22.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Peoria Heights is mostly in Peoria County.

See federal money in Peoria County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Peoria Heights, Illinois is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Peoria County51100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Peoria, IL71

Other cities and towns in Peoria County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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