PeoriaCO
75 people live in this town, settled in 1906.
Is Peoria a good place to live?
8.3% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Peoria, against 44% in Colorado’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Peoria’s concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile, below both the Colorado town median (1.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Peoria has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
75 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Peoria.
Most of Peoria’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Aurora (25%), Denver (16%) and Byers (8%). For most workers, Peoria is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Half the trips to work are shorter than 39 miles.
| Peoria | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 7.7% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Peoria: inland flooding
Expected losses in Peoria break down as 37% from inland flooding and 31% from hail. Compared with 71% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Peoria, expect snowy winters and hot summers
The town’s typical July afternoon high is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Peoria is
The share of adults in Peoria who report frequent physical distress: 14%. 19% of adults in Peoria report frequent mental distress; 28% have obesity.
| Peoria | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 71% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Peoria | CO |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 14.6% | 10.9% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 18.5% | 16% |
| Fewer adults screened for colon cancer | 55.7% | 62.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Peoria
Moving to Peoria: who provides what
Peoria is unincorporated, so Arapahoe County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
99% of working residents leave Peoria for work
Where Peoria’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Peoria; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Peoria residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
About Peoria
Census-designated place in Arapahoe County, CO, USA
Peoria is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Peoria CDP was 153 at the United States Census 2020. The Byers post office (ZIP code 80103) serves the area.
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- Area
- 14 sq mi
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