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A town of 5,767, settled in 1900.
Peoria Heights gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $123K for a typical one, or 1.7 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 263rd of 767 in Illinois. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 79% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, 20% of its land is conserved. Peoria Heights’ violent crime rate is 8.1 per 1,000 residents, above both Illinois’ towns (1.2) and U.S. towns (1.7). Peoria Heights is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 81% of U.S. towns. Grand View Drive is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Peoria Heights beats most towns.
20.3% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Peoria Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 309 in 1900, a peak of 7,943 in 1970, 5,908 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 6 maps from 1927 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Peoria Heights, 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 Peoria Heights.
Peoria Heights pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Illinois norm, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Peoria and other neighbors.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #11 of 768 in Illinois.
There are 4.2 miles of trail across 7 parks and preserves. Forest Park, at 110 acres with 1.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. For Peoria Heights, the concentration of trails is 1.5 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Forest Park | 1.9 mi | 110 |
| 2. Forest Park South | 0.2 mi | 32 |
| 3. Hillside Park | — | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Peoria Heights grades A− overall with a typical home of about $123K, below the Illinois typical value; only 48 of the 183 Illinois towns graded A− or better can say that. At 1.7 years of the Peoria metro’s $72K median household income, the typical home (about $123K) costs less against local pay than in 88% of Illinois towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Typical home values rose 6.9% in the year to September 2026. The typical rent in Peoria Heights is $913 a month. Peoria Heights: 66% of households live in a home they own.
| Peoria Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $913 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 8,939 U.S. towns with household incomes like Peoria Heights’s, it is healthier than 92%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Peoria Heights who have diabetes: 11%. This Illinois town does better than the Illinois average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. Just over a third of adults in Peoria Heights feel lonely; 76% had a checkup this year.
| Peoria Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 78% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Peoria Heights | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.3% | 9.9% |
| More adults with depression | 24% | 19.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The range runs from 17° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 26 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Peoria Heights has about as many jobs (2,614) as working residents, but only 183 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 16.7 minutes, against 27.8 across Illinois.
Commuting out is the norm in Peoria Heights: 7% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Peoria Heights has added 450 jobs, to 2,614 in 2023. Peoria Heights’ average commute is 17 minutes. The top destinations are Peoria (40%), East Peoria (5%) and Chicago (3%).
| Peoria Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.4% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
330 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 35 properties have flooded more than once.
FEMA puts 37% of Peoria Heights’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 33% to cold waves. Since 1979, 330 flood insurance claims have been paid out here. The FEMA hazard score for Peoria Heights comes to 38 of 100. Also worth knowing: households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2013.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Peoria Heights’ rate of thefts and burglaries comes in at 26.7 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes. 46 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Peoria Heights has lost 2.4% of its people since 2020, down to 5,767 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Illinois average. A bachelor’s degree or higher: 29% of adults 25 and older, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Peoria Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41.1 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 29% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Peoria Heights | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.8% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.9% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.2% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Peoria Heights. Close and well known come first.
40 mi MuseumDickson Mounds2 mi Zoo & aquariumPeoria Zoo
9 mi Zoo & aquariumWildlife Prairie Park35 mi Zoo & aquariumMiller Park Zoo
2 mi GardenGeorge L. Luthy Memorial Botanical Garden
11 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 Peoria Heights
About 5 of every 100 Peoria Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Peoria Heights is a village lying in Peoria County in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, Peoria Heights had a population of 5,908. Peoria Heights is a suburb of Peoria, is sometimes referred to as Uptown, and is surrounded by the city except for its eastern boundary on Peoria Lake, a relatively wider section of the Illinois River. It is part of the Peoria metropolitan area.
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4 towns share a border with Peoria Heights.
Peoria next door grades higher for schools (B− to Peoria Heights’s C−) and lower for cost of living (C+ to A).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria Heights | #263 | A− | A | — | C− | B+ |
| Richwoods Township | #246 | A− | A | — | C− | B+ |
| Peoria City Township | #623 | C | B− | — | C− | B− |
| Peoria | #681 | C− | C+ | D− | B− | C+ |
| Spring Bay Township | #415 | B | B+ | — | B+ | B |
Peoria Heights, Richwoods Township, Peoria City Township and Spring Bay Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Peoria Heights with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Peoria Heights grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #263 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
