County profile
Peoria County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#296 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$17.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
103,153
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,168
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$71.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
178,553
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$65.1k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
34.9%±1.2%
Poverty rate
15.7%±1.2%
Business applications
2,032 · 2025
Retail establishments
616
34.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
$13.6B2019
$12.9B2020
$13.7B2021
$15.3B2022
$16.1B2023
$17.0B2024
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
$30.6M
73 units · 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
3082016
2992017
2962018
3002019
3062020
3252021
3602022
3912023
4162024
4432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -4% since 2021762021
652022
922023
712024
732025
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) (CY2023):3,392,487 short tons/yr · Heart of Illinois Port, IL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$71.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Peoria?
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.