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SheetAZ-PEORIA-AZ · Peoria, AZ 194,338 pop · income 73rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Peoria
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Peoria on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Knoxville · lowest
50,994
Knoxville · lowest
50,994 median HH income
42.0% of the leader · rank #1
Lilydale · near
93,393
Lilydale · near
93,393 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #2
Peoria · this city
93,403
Peoria · this city
93,403 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #3
Howey-in-the-… · near
93,403
Howey-in-the-… · near
93,403 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #4
Millville · near
93,409
Millville · near
93,409 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #5
Poplar Grove · near
93,409
Poplar Grove · near
93,409 median HH income
77.0% of the leader · rank #6
Gilbert · highest
121,351
Gilbert · highest
121,351 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Peoria on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 194,338.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Peoria - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Peoria places in the 73rd percentile for household income and the 47th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
73rd
percentile, household income
80th
percentile, home value
64th
percentile, median rent
47th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Peoria, AZ
194,338 people live in Peoria, Arizona - a mid-sized U.S. city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $93,403 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.0%. Typical homes in Peoria are valued around $429,400, and the median resident age is 42.1 years. About 35.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 58.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 1,901 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Stable), down 4% from five years earlier. Peoria reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1459.8 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Arizona tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Arizona scores 100.7 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,419 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Arizona run around $215, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Peoria report an average commute of 22.7 minutes, with 68.5% driving alone and 20.2% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 84.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Peoria's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility to schools and households to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Peoria, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Peoria growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +8,906 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1,901 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Peoria?
Within Arizona, the closest population matches are Tempe (186,419 residents, $77,643 income); Surprise (149,519 residents, $93,371 income); Scottsdale (242,169 residents, $107,372 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Knoxville, TN (193,721 residents); Vancouver, WA (192,696 residents); Huntington Beach, CA (196,010 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in Peoria?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in Peoria?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.7 minutes.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Peoria?
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 35.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
5
Bachelor's degree+
35.5%
Poverty estimate
6.0%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Peoria?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1459.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 36% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1205.1
Violent rate
254.7
Total reported rate
1459.8
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 6.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.7 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Arizona average
C
City profile score · Peoria, AZ
56/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income B
$93,403
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B-
35.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime D
255 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
100.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Peoria profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 73/100 (B) · $93,403
Bachelor's+ share: 67/100 (B-) · 35.5%
Poverty rate: 59/100 (C) · 6.0%
Violent crime: 40/100 (D) · 255 /100k
Cost of living: 37/100 (F) · 100.7 index
Where Peoria sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Peoria's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Peoria highlighted among 13 peers.Read the chart values
Peoria, AZ (this city): home $429,400, crime 1,460/100k
Knoxville, TN : home $214,000, crime 3,462/100k
Vancouver, WA : home $440,300, crime 3,990/100k
Huntington Beach, CA : home $1,047,300, crime 2,196/100k
Glendale, CA : home $1,043,900, crime 2,314/100k
Overland Park, KS : home $384,400, crime 1,946/100k
Sioux Falls, SD : home $271,400, crime 3,442/100k
Tempe, AZ : home $421,900, crime 3,364/100k
Surprise, AZ : home $396,000, crime 985/100k
Scottsdale, AZ : home $709,900, crime 2,028/100k
Glendale, AZ : home $347,000, crime 3,159/100k
Gilbert, AZ : home $518,600, crime 1,100/100k
Chandler, AZ : home $469,800, crime 1,638/100k
How does Peoria compare to other US cities?
Where Peoria sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income73% higher than other cities
Home value80% pricier than other cities
Median rent64% pricier than other cities
Safety47% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Arizona alone, Peoria ranks #24 of 61 Arizona cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Peoria against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Arizona only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Arizona-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Peoria near the bottom of Arizona's cities
Among the 394 Arizona cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Peoria ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Peoria only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#43 of 333
87th percentile in Arizona
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 394
0th percentile in Arizona
Median Home Value
#39 of 327
88th percentile in Arizona
Poverty Rate
#237 of 393
39th percentile in Arizona
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#58 of 394
85th percentile in Arizona
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Arizona only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
73rd percentile nationally for median household income · 47th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Peoria's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Peoria's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Peoria's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$429,40020th percentilemore affordable than 20% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Peoria's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,180 of 15,516
More affordable than 22% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#402 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 4.6×, Peoria sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,180 of 15,516 and #402 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$93,403Peoria, AZ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Peoria, AZ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Peoria, AZ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
194,338
Median Income
$93,403
Median Home Value
$429,400
Median Age
42.1
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Labor force participation
58.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1459.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
254.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1205.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Peoria's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
191,975 residents
2021
194,886 residents
2022
197,402 residents
2023
198,759 residents
2024
198,735 residents
2025
200,881 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Stable
Total Permits (2024)
1,901
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1,495
detached homes
Multifamily
406
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1,990
1,363
627
$297.7M
2020
1,554
1,474
80
$241.7M
2021
1,903
1,562
341
$250.8M
2022
817
466
351
$108.8M
2023
1,090
720
370
$146.5M
2024
1,901
1,495
406
$244.5M
Permit volume decreased 4% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.7 minutes
Drive Alone
68.5%
Carpool
8.5%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
20.2%
Other
1.6%
Based on 90,690 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Arizona statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $215
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Arizona at $215 (electricity about $131 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Arizona statewide averages, not a meter reading for Peoria. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Arizona's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.7 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Peoria is $1,419/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Arizona statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 84.5 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Arizona statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Peoria sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Peoria compares to similar-size Arizona cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.