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Bartonville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $142K, 2 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 537th of 767 graded towns in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 83% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation, and it reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, including 25 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. On the plus side, the median household earns $73K. On hazard risk, just 99 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns do better. Bartonville’s violent crime rate is 4.3 per 1,000 residents, where Illinois’ towns sit at 1 and U.S. towns at 1.6. Peoria State Hospital is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Bartonville beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Bartonville is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,536 in 1910, 5,945 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1917 and 7 maps from 1905 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bartonville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Bartonville.
Bartonville has homes that are cheap against local pay and trades workers with Peoria and other neighbors.
At 2 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home (about $142K) costs less against local pay than in 79% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
The typical Bartonville home is worth about $142,000, up 3.5% in a year, 52% below the Illinois typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bartonville’s property crime rate is 15.8 per 1,000 residents. Bartonville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 77% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bartonville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bartonville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 17° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bartonville beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 33% of adults have obesity in Bartonville.
| Bartonville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 37% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 33% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Bartonville | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10% | 13.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bartonville has about as many jobs (2,976) as working residents, but only 229 people both live and work here. Jobs based here fell from 3,895 in 2013 to 2,976.
Most working residents leave Bartonville for work: only 9% work in town. The average trip to work in Bartonville is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Bartonville fell to 2,976 in 2023, 919 fewer than in 2013.
| Bartonville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Alpha Park, at 69 acres.
| Bartonville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alpha Park | 0.3 mi | 69 |
| 2. Clara A. Lauterbach Park | — | 35 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bartonville. Close and well known come first.
31 mi MuseumDickson Mounds
8 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park7 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo36 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
7 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
19 mi MuseumAdlai E. Stevenson I HouseDickson Mounds: MattHucke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildlife Prairie Park: Katherine Johnson, CC BY 2.0 · George L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden: Original uploader was ProfDEH at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adlai E. Stevenson I House: Nyttend, Public domain
4 within 15 miles of the center of Bartonville
About 2 of every 100 Bartonville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Bartonville is a village in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,945 at the 2020 census. Bartonville is a suburb of Peoria and is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bartonville grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #537 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B for health, C− for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
