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Peotone is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 181st among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $109K. It also does better than most on safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 80% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $339K, 3.7 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Peotone’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both Illinois’ towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). Peotone has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Peotone Mill and Downtown Peotone Historic District. Peotone's schools outperform 72% of the state's.
Where Peotone beats most towns.
Peotone MillWhere Peotone’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Peotone is from typical.
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Census counts: 623 in 1880, 4,150 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2013 and 4 maps from 1949 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Peotone, 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 Peotone.
Peotone sees little violent crime, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
2.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Will County Fairground, at 36 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peotone Community Park | 1 mi | 29 |
| 2. Will County Fairground | — | 36 |
| 3. Lloyd Bate Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
At 0 per 1,000 residents, Peotone’s violent crime rate is below both the Illinois town median (1) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6).
| Peotone | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.3 per 1,000 residents | 7.9 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Peotone for work: only 9% work in town. 3.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Peotone. Jobs based in Peotone fell to 822 in 2023, 121 fewer than in 2013.
| Peotone | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $109,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 13% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Peotone since 2004.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Peotone has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Peotone home is worth about $339,000, up 3.3% in a year, 14% above the Illinois typical home. Peotone’s median rent is $979 a month.
| Peotone | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $979 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 75% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Illinois average. 16% of Peotone residents are 65 or older. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| Peotone | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.7 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Peotone | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.5% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 12.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.4% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.5% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.7% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.6% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
Against the 7,367 U.S. towns with household incomes like Peotone’s, it is less healthy than 82%, so it trails even them.
Peotone beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| Peotone | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Peotone | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 15.1% | 12.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.7% | 6.3% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 18% | 15.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3 within 15 miles of the center of Peotone
About 5 of every 100 Peotone residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
2 places in Peotone on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Illinois, United States
Peotone () is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Peotone had a population of 4,150. The city is about 43 miles (69 km) south of Chicago. The village is home to the Peotone High School Blue Devils.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Peotone grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #181 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools. Hazard risk 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.
2 notable people were born here, including Harrison Russell and Little Moose Meyer.
