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Total population: 114,114 (Urban population: 114,017, Rural population: 97 (all nonfarm))

Peoria, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 49,042 (45,132 occupied: 27,041 owner occupied, 18,091 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	40%
State:	33%

Housing density: 1104 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2008 in this state: $270,214.

Median contract rent in 2008: $527 (lower quartile is $394, upper quartile is $614)

Housing units in Peoria with a mortgage: 16,172 (1,388 second mortgage, 2,473 home equity loan, 81 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,624

Peoria,IL index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $124,600 (it was $84,000 in 2000)

Peoria:	$124,600
Illinois:	$214,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $75,400 - $196,900

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $174,985
Here: $174,985
State: $270,454

Townhouses or other attached units: $150,533
Here: $150,533
State: $256,242

In 2-unit structures: $98,767
Here: $98,767
State: $309,184

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $35,000
Here: $35,000
State: $307,695

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $94,975
Here: $94,975
State: $286,225

Mobile homes: $20,792
Here: $20,792
State: $35,670

Median year house/condo built: 1959

Median year apartment built: 1967

Household type by relationship

Households: 107,435

In family households: 85,746 (18,567 male householders, 8,775 female householders)
19,320 spouses, 31,851 children (29,417 natural, 1,167 adopted, 1,267 stepchildren), 2,073 grandchildren, 785 brothers or sisters, 552 parents, 1,286 other relatives, 2,537 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 21,689 (7,504 male householders (5,884 living alone)), 10,248 female householders (9,001 living alone)), 3,937 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 5,457 (1,799 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 11,851 2-persons, 6,240 3-persons, 5,064 4-persons, 2,553 5-persons, 1,033 6-persons, 601 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 14,885 1-person, 2,232 2-persons, 385 3-persons, 169 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

14,673 married couples with children.
10,710 single-parent households (1,296 men, 9,414 women).

92.4% of residents of Peoria speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 4,978 (4.4%)
(43.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Peoria, Illinois:
	1 room: 6 2 rooms: 142 3 rooms: 515 4 rooms: 2,848 5 rooms: 5,500 6 rooms: 5,787 7 rooms: 4,732 8 rooms: 3,630 9 or more rooms: 3,881

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Peoria, Illinois:
	1 room: 537 2 rooms: 1,311 3 rooms: 4,332 4 rooms: 4,883 5 rooms: 3,589 6 rooms: 1,765 7 rooms: 874 8 rooms: 373 9 or more rooms: 427

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 640
1995 to 1998: 1,596
1990 to 1994: 1,222
1980 to 1989: 3,500
1970 to 1979: 9,014
1960 to 1969: 7,417
1950 to 1959: 8,510
1940 to 1949: 6,326
1939 or earlier: 10,817

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Peoria:
	no bedroom: 30 1 bedroom: 874 2 bedrooms: 6,931 3 bedrooms: 12,674 4 bedrooms: 5,547 5 or more bedrooms: 985

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Peoria:
	no bedroom: 727 1 bedroom: 6,029 2 bedrooms: 7,396 3 bedrooms: 2,740 4 bedrooms: 979 5 or more bedrooms: 220

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Peoria in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,255 1 vehicle: 9,105 2 vehicles: 12,247 3 vehicles: 3,399 4 vehicles: 798 5 or more vehicles: 237

Cars and other vehicles available in Peoria in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 4,062 1 vehicle: 9,504 2 vehicles: 3,668 3 vehicles: 627 4 vehicles: 121 5 or more vehicles: 109

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2008 in Peoria, IL:

Less than $10,000: 240
$10,000 to $14,999: 125
$15,000 to $19,999: 281
$20,000 to $24,999: 304
$25,000 to $29,999: 328
$30,000 to $34,999: 403
$35,000 to $39,999: 443
$40,000 to $49,999: 1210
$50,000 to $59,999: 1383
$60,000 to $69,999: 1434
$70,000 to $79,999: 1452
$80,000 to $89,999: 1498
$90,000 to $99,999: 1805
$100,000 to $124,999: 3807
$125,000 to $149,999: 3728
$150,000 to $174,999: 2411
$175,000 to $199,999: 1952
$200,000 to $249,999: 2666
$250,000 to $299,999: 1582
$300,000 to $399,999: 1093
$400,000 to $499,999: 527
$500,000 to $749,999: 512
$750,000 to $999,999: 42
$1,000,000 or more: 83

Peoria rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Peoria:

Less than $100: 897 people
$100 to $149: 499
$150 to $199: 574
$200 to $249: 566
$250 to $299: 611
$300 to $349: 774
$350 to $399: 951
$400 to $449: 1,065
$450 to $499: 1,729
$500 to $549: 1,558
$550 to $599: 1,464
$600 to $649: 1,566
$650 to $699: 1,184
$700 to $749: 913
$750 to $799: 754
$800 to $899: 960
$900 to $999: 358
$1,000 to $1,249: 378
$1,250 to $1,499: 134
$1,500 to $1,999: 128
$2,000 or more: 70
No cash rent: 623

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,637 1990 to 1994: 852 1985 to 1989: 440 1980 to 1984: 388 1975 to 1979: 405 1970 to 1974: 330 1970 to 1974: 171 1965 to 1969: 755

Peoria, IL Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 86.1%
Number of people working at home: 1,000 (2.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1899
5 to 9 minutes: 7772
10 to 14 minutes: 12093
15 to 19 minutes: 11905
20 to 24 minutes: 7143
25 to 29 minutes: 1633
30 to 34 minutes: 2818
35 to 39 minutes: 263
40 to 44 minutes: 351
45 to 59 minutes: 990
60 to 89 minutes: 852
90 or more minutes: 442

Peoria mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 39,308 (80%)
Carpooled: 5,171 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,371 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
Taxi: 175 (0%)
Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
Bicycle: 49 (0%)
Walked: 1,856 (4%)
Other means: 210 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,000 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 5804
$10,000 to $14,999: 3565
$15,000 to $19,999: 3319
$20,000 to $24,999: 3248
$25,000 to $29,999: 3070
$30,000 to $34,999: 2744
$35,000 to $39,999: 2720
$40,000 to $44,999: 2152
$45,000 to $49,999: 2075
$50,000 to $59,999: 3969
$60,000 to $74,999: 4069
$75,000 to $99,999: 3937
$100,000 to $124,999: 1971
$125,000 to $149,999: 884
$150,000 to $199,999: 677
$200,000 or more: 890

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 31184

German: 18300

Irish: 8483

English: 6592

United States or American: 6366

Italian: 2812

Swedish: 1476

Arab:: 1456

Polish: 1312

French (except Basque): 1302

Subsaharan African:: 1264

Scotch-Irish: 1202

Lebanese: 1192

African: 1071

Dutch: 995

Scottish: 993

Norwegian: 899

European: 780

Swiss: 371

Danish: 300

Russian: 280

Greek: 269

Hungarian: 260

French Canadian: 249

Czech: 245

Belgian: 241

British: 222

Welsh: 206

Austrian: 188

Croatian: 172

Lithuanian: 135

Canadian: 126

Ukrainian: 116

Portuguese: 109

Syrian: 104

Czechoslovakian: 98

Slovak: 85

Yugoslavian: 84

Nigerian: 83

Brazilian: 77

Finnish: 74

Romanian: 65

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 63

Arab/Arabic: 56

Eastern European: 53

Pennsylvania German: 52

Slovene: 47

Jamaican: 47

Egyptian: 46

Palestinian: 37

Iranian: 37

Sierra Leonean: 29

Scandinavian: 28

Latvian: 28

Other Subsaharan African: 25

Turkish: 25

Serbian: 22

Slavic: 21

Ethiopian: 21

Armenian: 21

Northern European: 19

South African: 18

Haitian: 16

Moroccan: 15

Celtic: 12

Sudanese: 9

Ghanian: 8

Alsatian: 8

Bulgarian: 7

Acadian/Cajun: 7

German Russian: 6

Jordanian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (15%)
India (13%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Lebanon (7%)
Germany (5%)
Vietnam (4%)
Canada (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 81593
Northeast: 2047
Midwest: 10848
South: 10231
West: 2567

50% of Peoria residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Illinois.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 327
Nursery to 4th grade: 228
5th and 6th grade: 289
7th and 8th grade: 1,168
9th grade: 614
10th grade: 941
11th grade: 868
12th grade, no diploma: 886
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,440
Less than 1 year of college: 2,174
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,563
Associate degree: 1,885
Bachelor's degree: 6,304
Master's degree: 2,471
Professional school degree: 1,137
Doctorate degree: 631

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 368
Nursery to 4th grade: 179
5th and 6th grade: 273
7th and 8th grade: 1,544
9th grade: 910
10th grade: 1,018
11th grade: 1,145
12th grade, no diploma: 1,343
High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,615
Less than 1 year of college: 3,080
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,794
Associate degree: 2,924
Bachelor's degree: 6,089
Master's degree: 2,188
Professional school degree: 656
Doctorate degree: 236

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 19.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 14.2%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 16.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.8%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.9%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 11.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 19.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 13.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 12.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.2%

Median household income in 2008 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $50,982
Black householders: $25,417
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $200,001
Asian householders: $82,177
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $36,737
Some other race householders: $22,231
Two or more races householders: $34,396
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $37,174

Peoria household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Peoria household income for Black householders

Peoria household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Peoria household income for Asian householders

Peoria household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Peoria marital status for males

Peoria marital status for females

Median 2008 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $134,686
Black or African American householders: $79,803
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $88,110
Asian householders: $202,030
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $166,875
Some other race householders: $82,028
Two or more races householders: $94,191
Hispanic or Latino householders: $102,498

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 32,178
One, attached: 1,192
Two: 2,395
3 or 4: 1,662
5 to 9: 3,029
10 to 19: 3,425
20 to 49: 2,524
50 or more: 2,131
Mobile homes: 495
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11

Median worth of mobile homes: $16,158

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Peoria:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (90%) Electricity (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (57%) Electricity (41%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,627

Here:	19.8%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 770

Here:	14.1%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4,786

Here:	58.2%
Illinois:	25.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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