Peoria, IL
Peoria, IL Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Peoria, IL Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Peoria ranks 138th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 164th for income. A household earns $74,352 a year while median rent runs $1,003/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 9% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is home prices (15th of 300), while household income is the soft spot (164th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 46th and home prices 15th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Peoria, your take-home is worth about $63,138 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 164th of 300↑23.2%$74,352
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 73rd of 30091 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $81,499
- Per-capita income
- $41,754
- Full-time pay
- $46,565
Housing
- Median rent
- 46th of 300↑37%$1,003/mo
- Home value
- 15th of 300↑29.3%$173,700
- Property tax
- $3,654/yr · 2.1%
- Sales tax
- 8.89%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 84th of 3003.7%
- Bachelor's+
- 142nd of 30033.9%
- Avg commute
- 51st of 30021.4 min
People
- Population
- 365,668
- Population change
- -8.8%
- Median age
- 40.7 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 3.6%
- Broadband
- 91.4%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 116th of 30044
- Natural-hazard loss
- 118th of 300$11/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 116th of 30017.5%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 7.6%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Job market
- + Commute
Watch-outs
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Climate
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What jobs pay in Peoria
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $241,910
- IT managers
- $173,870
- Lawyers
- $161,150
- Financial managers
- $155,840
- Pharmacists
- $139,900
- Software developers
- $130,590
- General & operations managers
- $98,290
- Civil engineers
- $95,140
- Plumbers
- $85,090
- Registered nurses
- $81,010
- Electricians
- $80,460
- Accountants & auditors
- $79,540
- Police officers
- $76,670
- Carpenters
- $75,280
- Construction laborers
- $62,960
- Secondary school teachers
- $61,620
- Elementary school teachers
- $57,440
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $50,820
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $49,610
- Customer service reps
- $39,840
- Janitors
- $35,870
- Retail salespersons
- $33,870
- Waiters & waitresses
- $31,200
- Cashiers
- $31,200
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Peoria metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Illinois are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Indiana624
- Texas485
- Iowa451
- Oregon369
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Peoria metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Peoria metro?
- Median gross rent across the Peoria, IL Metro Area is $1,003 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Peoria.
- What is the median household income in the Peoria metro?
- A typical household in the Peoria, IL Metro Area earns $74,352 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Peoria expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Peoria, IL Metro Area runs about 9% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Peoria metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $81,499 (versus its face value of $74,352). CityLedger rates the Peoria, IL Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Peoria metro?
- The median home value across the Peoria, IL Metro Area is $173,700 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Peoria metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Peoria, IL Metro Area is 3.7% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).