Peoria Market Information
Located along the Illinois River in central Illinois,
Peoria boasts a population of over 112,900, the largest outside of the Chicago area. Peoria is equidistant from Chicago and St Louis, being about 150 miles from each city. Major companies with facilities in Peoria include Caterpillar, Keystone Steel and Wire, Komatsu America, and AES Great Plains/Cilco.
Four major hospitals,
Methodist Medical Center,
OSF St Francis Medical Center,
Proctor Hospital, and
Pekin Hospital, provide the area with over 2,000 beds and 800 doctors. There is also a Level 1 Trauma Center with a Life-Flight helicopter base and the Downstate Heart Transplant Center.
Economic development amenities in the Peoria area include 12 banks, 27 machine shops, an enterprise zone, a foreign trade zone, 7 TIF districts, 99 motor freight terminals, and an adjoining navigable waterway (the Illinois River).
Peoria is served by the
Greater Peoria Regional Airport, with over 20 flights per day.
More information on the Peoria area can be found
here, and at
www.peoria.org.
Other communities in the Peoria Market:
Peoria Heights,
East Peoria,
Washington,
Creve Coeur,
Eureka,
Bartonville,
Pekin,
Morton, and
Marquette Heights.
Peoria Demograpic Information
Peoria area demographic information can be found at
www.edc.centralillinois.org.
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Peoria County Demographics (PDF)
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Peoria General Information (PDF)
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Peoria Fast Facts (PDF)
Distance To Major Markets
Chicago: 151
Memphis: 449
Cleveland: 475
Minneapolis: 423
Detroit: 402
St Louis: 153
Kansas City: 350
New York: 970
New Orleans: 850
Los Angeles: 1,946
Denver: 900
Atlanta: 662
Seattle: 2,070
