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Peru, IL (Illinois) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $165,520 (it was $84,900 in 2000)
Peru:

$165,520
Illinois:

$251,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $114,747 - $245,493

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $172,537
Here:

$172,537
State:

$310,164

Townhouses or other attached units: $310,982
Here:

$310,982
State:

$286,230

Mobile homes: $10,428
Here:

$10,428
State:

$78,855

Total population: 10,016 (Urban population: 9,818 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 17 (2 farm, 15 nonfarm))

Houses: 4,955 (4,373 occupied: 3,204 owner occupied, 1,173 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

27%
State:

33%

Housing density: 834 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $668,102.

Median contract rent in 2022: $711 (lower quartile is $531, upper quartile is $932)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,166


Median gross rent in Peru, IL in 2022: $871

Housing units in Peru with a mortgage: 1,519 (109 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 64 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $95,660

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $50,548

Median monthly housing costs: $840

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Peru, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1958

Median year apartment built: 1961

Household type by relationship:

Households: 9,703
  • Male householders: 2,200 (553 living alone), Female householders: 2,113 (860 living alone)
  • 1,942 spouses (1,942 opposite-sex spouses), 249 unmarried partners, (249 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 2,529 children (2,424 natural, 84 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 90 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 0 foster children, 110 other relatives, 170 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 228

Size of family households: 1,586 2-persons, 548 3-persons, 606 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,466 1-person, 100 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 18 4-persons.

1,151 married couples with children.
648 single-parent households (35 men, 613 women).

93.8% of residents of Peru speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 419 (4.3%)
(60.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.1
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.2
State:

4.1

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Peru, Illinois
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Peru, Illinois
  • 50no bedroom
  • 501 bedroom
  • 6042 bedrooms
  • 1,8663 bedrooms
  • 5944 bedrooms
  • 405+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Peru, Illinois
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Peru, Illinois
  • 9no bedroom
  • 2861 bedroom
  • 5832 bedrooms
  • 2053 bedrooms
  • 514 bedrooms
  • 385+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Peru in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Peru in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 189no vehicle
  • 9991 vehicle
  • 1,4262 vehicles
  • 4383 vehicles
  • 1364 vehicles
  • 165+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Peru in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Peru in renter-occupied apartments
  • 145no vehicle
  • 7601 vehicle
  • 1722 vehicles
  • 743 vehicles
  • 214 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Peru, Illinois
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Peru, Illinois
  • 501 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 643 rooms
  • 2164 rooms
  • 8225 rooms
  • 6966 rooms
  • 6467 rooms
  • 3778 rooms
  • 3339+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Peru, Illinois
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Peru, Illinois
  • 91 room
  • 872 rooms
  • 1373 rooms
  • 4184 rooms
  • 2585 rooms
  • 1266 rooms
  • 197 rooms
  • 538 rooms
  • 659+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
  • Peru, IL household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Peru, IL in 2022
  • 127Less than $10,000
  • 289$10,000 to $19,999
  • 434$20,000 to $29,999
  • 605$30,000 to $39,999
  • 458$40,000 to $49,999
  • 296$50,000 to $59,999
  • 290$60,000 to $74,999
  • 583$75,000 to $99,999
  • 391$100,000 to $124,999
  • 192$125,000 to $149,999
  • 355$150,000 to $199,999
  • 282$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Peru, IL

  • Distribution of house value in Peru, IL in 2022
  • 5Less than $10,000
  • 27$10,000 to $14,999
  • 6$15,000 to $19,999
  • 5$25,000 to $29,999
  • 4$30,000 to $34,999
  • 41$50,000 to $59,999
  • 125$60,000 to $69,999
  • 30$70,000 to $79,999
  • 98$80,000 to $89,999
  • 225$90,000 to $99,999
  • 451$100,000 to $124,999
  • 358$125,000 to $149,999
  • 556$150,000 to $174,999
  • 220$175,000 to $199,999
  • 341$200,000 to $249,999
  • 415$250,000 to $299,999
  • 217$300,000 to $399,999
  • 63$400,000 to $499,999
  • 63$500,000 to $749,999
  • 5$2,000,000 or more
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Peru, IL

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Peru, IL in 2022
  • 83$200 to $249
  • 17$300 to $349
  • 8$350 to $399
  • 41$400 to $449
  • 114$450 to $499
  • 69$500 to $549
  • 55$550 to $599
  • 51$600 to $649
  • 70$650 to $699
  • 127$700 to $749
  • 103$750 to $799
  • 26$800 to $899
  • 40$900 to $999
  • 146$1,000 to $1,249
  • 52$2,000 to $2,499
  • 12$2,500 to $2,999
  • 12$3,000 to $3,499
  • 92No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 81.3%
Number of people working at home: 262 (5.2% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 409
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,071
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 1,437
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 519
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 184
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 166
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 359
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 131
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 15
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 67
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 118
  • 90 or more minutes: 67
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Peru

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 7,943 (85.7%)
  • Carpooled: 870 (9.4%)
  • Bus: 21 (0.2%)
  • Taxi: 301 (3.2%)
  • Walked: 61 (0.7%)
  • Worked at home: 161 (1.7%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 5.1%Males
  • 0.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 17.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 3.5%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Peru, Illinois
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Peru, Illinois
  • 802010 or later
  • 502000 to 2009
  • 1311990 to 1999
  • 221980 to 1989
  • 761970 to 1979
  • 92Before 1970
Ancestries in Peru, IL

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 556 (17.6%)
  • Italian: 446 (14.1%)
  • Polish: 405 (12.8%)
  • English: 346 (10.9%)
  • Irish: 218 (6.9%)
  • American: 113 (3.6%)
  • European: 66 (2.1%)
  • Norwegian: 47 (1.5%)
  • Slovene: 47 (1.5%)
  • Lithuanian: 44 (1.4%)
  • Ukrainian: 44 (1.4%)
  • Scottish: 40 (1.3%)
  • Czech: 26 (0.8%)
  • French: 19 (0.6%)
  • African: 18 (0.6%)
  • Croatian: 15 (0.5%)
  • Slovak: 13 (0.4%)
  • Belgian: 11 (0.3%)
  • Canadian: 9 (0.3%)
  • Danish: 8 (0.3%)
  • Eastern European: 8 (0.3%)
  • Swedish: 8 (0.3%)
  • British: 6 (0.2%)
  • Russian: 6 (0.2%)
  • Yugoslavian: 6 (0.2%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Peru:

46.8% (161)
Illinois:

34.7% (626,958)

Ukraine
Peru:

13.1% (45)
Illinois:

1.6% (29,316)

Japan
Peru:

13.1% (45)
Illinois:

0.6% (10,943)

India
Peru:

12.2% (42)
Illinois:

9.2% (166,409)

United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Peru:

8.4% (29)
Illinois:

0.5% (9,671)

Poland
Peru:

4.9% (17)
Illinois:

6.9% (124,474)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 8,433
  • Other state: 882
  • Northeast: 49
  • Midwest: 548
  • South: 265
  • West: 46

91.5% of Peru residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36.0% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 84.1% lived in Illinois.


Peru:

91.5%
State average:

88.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 83
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 0
  • 9th grade: 0
  • 10th grade: 2
  • 11th grade: 68
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 13
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,066
  • Less than 1 year of college: 276
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 638
  • Associate degree: 393
  • Bachelor's degree: 316
  • Master's degree: 337
  • Professional school degree: 28
  • Doctorate degree: 0
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 56
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 0
  • 7th and 8th grade: 16
  • 9th grade: 13
  • 10th grade: 10
  • 11th grade: 96
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 66
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,352
  • Less than 1 year of college: 377
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 469
  • Associate degree: 523
  • Bachelor's degree: 761
  • Master's degree: 225
  • Professional school degree: 10
  • Doctorate degree: 0
Educational Attainment for Females
Peru marital status for males
Peru marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 4,136
  • One, attached: 24
  • Two: 155
  • 3 or 4: 323
  • 5 to 9: 39
  • 10 to 19: 103
  • 20 to 49: 84
  • 50 or more: 85
  • Mobile homes: 5
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.3%

House/condo owner moved in on average 21 years ago

Renter moved in on average 4 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Peru
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Peru, IL
  • 93.7%Utility gas
  • 4.9%Electricity
  • 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.4%No fuel used
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Peru, IL
  • 76.0%Utility gas
  • 21.9%Electricity
  • 1.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.9%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 92
Here:

10.5%
Illinois:

13.3%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 145
Here:

24.4%
Illinois:

9.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 62
Here:

21.5%
Illinois:

27.4%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability