Peru, IL
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Peru, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,870. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet PERU-IL · Peru, IL 1 ZIPs · 10,870 pop · #10550/25278 · LaSalle County
INC-HIGH · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-HIGH $76,392
- RANK-MID #10550/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oglesby
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 76% owners
- POP-TOWN 10,870
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $158,500
Nearest income peer: Oglesby, IL ( $23 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Peru
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Peru on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Streator · lowest
Streator · lowest
$59,060 median HH income
- Marseilles · near
Marseilles · near
$72,530 median HH income
- Oglesby · near
Oglesby · near
$76,369 median HH income
- Peru · this city
Peru · this city
$76,392 median HH income
- Ottawa · near
Ottawa · near
$77,921 median HH income
- Leland · near
Leland · near
$79,808 median HH income
- Somonauk · highest
Somonauk · highest
$113,411 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Peru, IL sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 42%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 10,870
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $76,392
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 61354 (10,870 residents). Household income $76,392 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Peru as a pure owner town.
Within Illinois, Oglesby is the closest lower-income city and Dakota the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Peru.
ZIP Codes in Peru, IL
These ZIP codes sit in LaSalle County, which covers 25 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Peru. See the LaSalle County roll-up →
Peru lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing LaSalle County: Sheridan, Somonauk and Seneca earn more and Streator, La Salle and Mendota earn less. Somonauk marks the far end of that range at $113,411, 48% above Peru.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61354 | 10,870 | 99 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Peru, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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