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Peoria

United States · GDP 2024
#296 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$17.0B
GDP growth
+5.5%
Jobs tracked
103,153
Employers
4,168
Avg. wage
$71.9k
Population
178,553
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$65.1k±$1.4k
Business applications
2,032 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1RLI Corp.Financial Services$1.9B81B+

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care35%
Management24%
Retail trade12%
Admin & support10%
Food & accommodation10%
Manufacturing9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
178,553
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $64.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−6,793
International migration+3,632
Natural change+148

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$13.6B
2019
$12.9B
2020
$13.7B
2021
$15.3B
2022
$16.1B
2023
$17.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.5k±$2.6k
Median gross rent
$993/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
8.4%±0.7%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
73 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Tornado 96Strong wind 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
308
2016
299
2017
296
2018
300
2019
306
2020
325
2021
360
2022
391
2023
416
2024
443
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
3.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
18.2 km
ADM/GROWMARK RIVER SYSTEM, PEORIA TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
14.9 km
GENERAL DOWNING - PEORIA INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):3,392,487 short tons/yr · Heart of Illinois Port, IL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

6 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KRLI Corp.06-25
8-KRLI Corp.05-20
8-KRLI Corp.05-14
8-KRLI Corp.04-28
10-QRLI Corp.04-24
8-KRLI Corp.04-22
DEF 14ARLI Corp.03-26
8-KRLI Corp.03-03
10-KRLI Corp.02-20
8-KRLI Corp.02-18
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$71.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Benton$16.9BMcLean$16.9BWashington$17.1BRichmond$16.8BBoone$16.8BOutagamie$17.2B
The read

Peoria's economy produced $17.0B in 2024, growing 5.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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