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Peoria vs Normal

Peoria, IL compared with Normal, IL · 36 miles apart

Peoria has 110,920 residents to Normal’s 53,275. Peoria comes out ahead on homeownership, poverty rate, price to income. Normal does better on median household income, median rent, average commute.

Peoria, IL Normal, IL
Population 110,920 53,275
Density (per sq mi) 2,302 2,854
Median household income $59,410 $64,785
Median home value $156,200 $213,600
Median rent $1,005 $965
Homeownership 57.5% 54.8%
Average commute 17.9 min 16.5 min
Median age 35.5 25
Bachelor's degree + 37.7% 52.9%
Poverty rate 21% 21.4%
Unemployment 7.5% 3.9%
Price to income 2.6× 3.3×
Clear days a year 23
Days above 90°F 8

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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