Illinois · Census place 1759026

Peoria Heights, Illinois

Peoria Heights is a village in Peoria County, Illinois with an estimated 5,802 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 307th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,802
#307 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.6%
-92 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.38 sq mi water
Density
2,330 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Peoria Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Peoria Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Peoria Heights lost 92 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +20. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 197th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Peoria Heights is 39% of it.

5,89420205,83520215,78320225,78220235,8022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,913. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Peoria Heights covers 2.49 square miles of land and 0.38 of water, for 2,330 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Peoria Heights is close to the typical town.

What county Peoria Heights is in

All of Peoria Heights's residents live in Peoria County, which had 179,630 residents in 2024. Peoria Heights holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Peoria Heights

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Peoria Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61616. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Peoria Heights is

The Census internal point of Peoria Heights is at 40.746700, -89.570000. Springfield, the capital, is 66.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Peoria, IL (111,696 people), 2.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.746700, -89.570000
DMS
40°44'48.12"N 89°34'12.00"W
UTM
16N 283022.8E 4513816.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GGPCWJ+M2

Daylight in Peoria Heights

At 40.75° N, Peoria Heights gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Peoria Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Peoria, 2.5 miles away, with 111,696 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Peoria Heights, IL?

5,802 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 92 (1.6%) from 5,894 in July 2020.

What county is Peoria Heights in?

Peoria County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Peoria Heights?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61616.

How far is Peoria Heights from Springfield?

66.9 miles (107.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Peoria Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Peoria Heights?

Peoria, IL, with 111,696 residents, 2.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.