Peoria County, IL
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 40.79, -89.77.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 23rd pct · 2,343rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 60th pct · 41st of 102 Illinois counties · median $158,551
- 50th pct · 3rd of 5 counties in the Peoria metro · median $166,288
- 80th pct · 585th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 59th pct · 42nd of 102 Illinois counties · median +5.0%
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Peoria metro · median +8.1%
- 21st pct · 1,064th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 51st pct · 16th of 32 Illinois counties · median $1,198
- counties in the Peoria metro: only 2 of counties in the Peoria metro published this metric; fewer than 5 is too few to rank
- 90th pct · 302nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 92nd pct · 9th of 102 Illinois counties · median 7,611
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 counties in the Peoria metro · median 11,035
- 97th pct · 91st of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 98th pct · 3rd of 102 Illinois counties · median $1,061
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 counties in the Peoria metro · median $1,107
- 2nd pct · 2,994th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 4th pct · 97th of 102 Illinois counties · median 2.8
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Peoria metro · median 3.0
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $166,288 (Sep 2026), +5.8% over one year, +41.5% over five
- 23rd pct · 2,343rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 60th pct · 41st of 102 Illinois counties · median $158,551
- 50th pct · 3rd of 5 counties in the Peoria metro · median $166,288
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Peoria County, IL | $166,288 · +5.8% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Typical rent $1,201/mo (Sep 2026), +4.3% over one year; price-to-rent 11.5
- 21st pct · 1,064th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 51st pct · 16th of 32 Illinois counties · median $1,198
- counties in the Peoria metro: only 2 of counties in the Peoria metro published this metric; fewer than 5 is too few to rank
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Peoria County, IL | $1,201/mo · +4.3% 1-yr |
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $921 a month on $166,288 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,822 a month: 11.8% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $166,288 × 80% = $133,030, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $921/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,805 × 52 / 12 = $7,822) = 12% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $166,288 / ($1,805 × 52) = 1.8
- price-to-rent = $166,288 / ($1,201 × 12) = 11.5
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
99,013 jobs at 3,987 employers (2026 Q1); -2.8% jobs and +7.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 90th pct · 302nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 92nd pct · 9th of 102 Illinois counties · median 7,611
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 counties in the Peoria metro · median 11,035
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Peoria County, IL | 99,013 jobs · $1,805/wk · -2.8% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 24,259 | $1,354 | 1.63 | +3.0% |
| Manufacturing | 14,161 | $4,393 | 1.78 | +4.4% |
| Retail trade | 8,962 | $744 | 0.93 | -2.9% |
| Accommodation and food services | 6,771 | $483 | 0.76 | +2.0% |
| Administrative and waste services | 5,406 | $845 | 0.96 | -10.1% |
| Professional and technical services | 4,482 | $3,145 | 0.66 | +0.0% |
| Other services | 3,966 | $1,039 | 1.34 | +0.0% |
| Construction | 3,773 | $1,715 | 0.73 | +7.7% |
| Management of companies | 3,199 | $1,883 | 1.93 | +0.0% |
| Finance and insurance | 3,010 | $4,894 | 0.75 | -1.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 2,787 | $1,525 | 0.73 | +5.5% |
| Educational services | 2,776 | $611 | 1.30 | +2.8% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$4.5 bn in deposits at 46 offices of 18 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,388, moderately concentrated. $1.2 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $1.0 bn, grants $106.9 m), $11,789 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| PNC Bank, National Association | $1.3 bn · 28.3% share · 4 offices | |
| Busey Bank | $552.6 m · 12.3% share · 4 offices | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $529.2 m · 11.8% share · 1 office | |
| Peoria, IL | $1.2 bn FY2026 · $11,789/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $974.4 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| PNC Bank, National Association | $1,270,704,000 | 28.3% | 4 |
| Busey Bank | $552,558,000 | 12.3% | 4 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $529,153,000 | 11.8% | 1 |
| Morton Community Bank | $492,248,000 | 11.0% | 9 |
| Commerce Bank | $359,160,000 | 8.0% | 3 |
| Better Banks | $355,676,000 | 7.9% | 6 |
| Fortress Bank | $179,551,000 | 4.0% | 1 |
| INB, National Association | $150,865,000 | 3.4% | 1 |
| First Mid Bank & Trust, National Association | $140,687,000 | 3.1% | 4 |
| Princeville State Bank | $102,613,000 | 2.3% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 1,388 across 18 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 18 banks with deposits in the county = 28.3² + 12.3² + 11.8² + … (15 more) = 1,388
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $861,745,682 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $104,250,191 |
| Department of Transportation | $75,782,138 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $44,818,063 |
| Department of Education | $22,816,064 |
| Department of Agriculture | $19,140,818 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $15,889,800 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $6,874,706 |
| Department of Commerce | $5,811,299 |
| Department of Defense | $4,836,663 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $4,833,937 |
| Department of Justice | $2,678,357 |
That is $11,789 per covered job, against 99,013 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $1.2 bn / 99,013 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $11,789
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Peoria County, IL: 20 findings, 2 at a watch level and 18 noted
watchPeoria County, IL's covered employment is -2.8% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -2.8 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchPeoria County, IL's typical home value of $166,288 scores 24 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 60 across Illinois counties, a gap of 37 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 37 = |24 across US counties - 60 across Illinois counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
notePeoria County, IL's average weekly wage was 7.1% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +7.1 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
notePeoria County, IL's covered employment was 2.8% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -2.8 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
notePeoria County, IL's typical home value rose 0.6% from $165,347 in August 2026 to $166,288 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.6% = (166287.92915895465 - 165347.49769702976) / 165347.49769702976 × 100
- 166287.92915895465 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 165347.49769702976 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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