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Peoria - IL housing market

The Peoria metro has a typical home value of $174,845, up 6.4% from a year ago. Homes are moving fast at 10 days on market, a strong seller's market. 28% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$174,845
+6.4% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$166,602
+4.4% YoY
Median list price
$164,150
Sale-to-list ratio
99.7%
Selling below ask
Days on market
10d
Listings w/ price cut
28.2%
New listings / mo
513
+2.2% YoY
Homes for sale
1,174
+8.3% YoY
Typical rent
$1,157/mo
+5.1% YoY
Income needed to buy
$50,900
October 2026 report · Zillow data through September 2026

Peoria housing market, October 2026

The typical Peoria home is worth $174,845 as of September 2026, up 0.5% from the prior month, up 1.5% over three months, and up 6.4% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $151,458 to $174,845.

Homes are going pending in about 10 days, slower than the 5 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 1,174 homes for sale, 8% more than a year ago. 28.2% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 22.1% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,157 a month, up 5.1% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 12.6.

At this week's 7.40% mortgage rate with 20% down ($34,969), the typical Peoria home costs about $1,187 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $50,900 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$175k$151kOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Days to pending, 24 months
23d5dOct 24Oct 25Sep 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
1.2k920Oct 24Oct 25Sep 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.4% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($174,845) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Peoria - IL metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 6.4% over the past year. In Peoria - IL, that means a home worth $164,328 last year is now worth roughly $174,845.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $166,602. Homes are selling at 99.7% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Peoria - IL sit on the market for roughly 10 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 28.2% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 513 new listings hit the market each month in Peoria - IL. There are currently 1,174 homes for sale, up 8.3% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Peoria - IL is $1,157, up 5.1% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 12.6x, buying territory (#187 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 7.4% 30-year rate, runs about $968 a month in principal and interest, $189 less than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 9.31% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt October 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in IL

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Chicago - IL$355,650 +5.0% 14.0d
Davenport - IA$194,778 +4.8% 14.0d
Rockford - IL$222,178 +8.5% 7.0d
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