Living in Peoria, IL

Crime in Peoria runs a bit below the national average. The violent crime index is 81 (100 is the U.S. baseline), with property crime at 100. That puts it in a decent spot — not the safest metro in the country, but meaningfully better than the midpoint. Neighborhood choice still matters, especially if you have kids or walk home late. FBI Uniform Crime Report data.

By most measures, yes. The median rent of $1,005/month against a median household income of $59,410/year works out to a 20.3% rent-to-income ratio. Financial planners generally want that number under 30%, so Peoria clears the bar with room to spare. You'll have breathing space for savings, car payments, and the occasional splurge. Numbers from Census ACS 2023.

The average worker in Peoria spends about 16 minutes getting to the office. Driving solo is the default (74.6%), with 11.6% working remotely and 1.7% on public transit. It's a fairly typical commute — not a selling point, not a dealbreaker.

Everything on this page is built from public government sources: rent and income figures from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023); commute and transportation data from Census ACS tables B08303 and B08006; crime rates from the FBI Uniform Crime Report. We refresh each dataset monthly through an automated pipeline and cross-check for anomalies. No surveys, no user-submitted guesses — just official federal data presented in a way that's actually useful for people researching a move.