East Peoria is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 22,136 people and six associated neighborhoods, East Peoria is the 106th largest community in Illinois.East Peoria is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, East Peoria is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Peoria who work in office and administrative support (9.78%), sales jobs (9.60%), and management occupations (6.96%). Also of interest is that East Peoria has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In terms of college education, East Peoria is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.53% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in East Peoria in 2022 was $37,747, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,988 for a family of four. However, East Peoria contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call East Peoria home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Peoria residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in East Peoria include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in East Peoria is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
