
Illinois · Census place 59026
Peoria Heights, IL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Peoria Heights, Illinois (Peoria Heights, IL — Census place “Peoria Heights village”) is 5,834 residents, ranking #312 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $62,083, the median home is worth $118,000 and median gross rent runs $921 a month. Looking for the Peoria Heights Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Peoria Heights, IL: 61616.
- Population
- 5,834Peoria Heights village residents
- Median household income
- $62,083Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $118,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $921Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 65.3%Owner-occupied households
Peoria Heights ZIP codes (Illinois)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Peoria Heights.
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What the numbers mean in Peoria Heights village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Peoria Heights village median would spend about 17.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 65.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Peoria Heights village, IL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Peoria Heights village is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 5,834 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #312 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Peoria Heights village earn a median of $62,083 a year, 21% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Peoria Heights village is valued at $118,000, 61.1% below the national figure and 34% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $921 a month, 34.5% below the national figure, or roughly $11,052 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 65.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Illinois.
- Carterville city 5,822
- Lake Bluff village 5,834
- Du Quoin city 5,780
- Bartonville village 5,854
- East Alton village 5,729
- Spring Grove village 5,866
- Hillsboro city 5,693
- Willow Springs village 5,871
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Peoria Heights village?
- Peoria Heights village has 5,834 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #312 of 1,462 in Illinois.
- What is the median household income in Peoria Heights village?
- Median household income in Peoria Heights village is $62,083 a year, 21% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Peoria Heights village?
- Median gross rent is $921 a month and the median home value is $118,000, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.
- Is Peoria Heights village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Peoria Heights village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Peoria Heights village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.