Department of Numbers

Peoria, Illinois Home Affordability

The data below measures home affordability for the Peoria, Illinois metropolitan area using price-to-income and price-to-rent metrics. The maximum affordable loan amount for the median household income is also calculated.

Peoria, Illinois Home Price-to-Income Index

The current price-to-income ratio for Peoria is 2.35 as determined by June 2010 Realtor median sales prices. The chart below shows a history of the ratio as an index calculated from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Peoria HPI series.1 Median household income data for Peoria is from the Census American Community Survey.2

Price-to-Income: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Peoria, Illinois Home Price-to-Income Index History

Date FHFA
June 2010 111.1
March 2010 109.3
December 2009 111.0
September 2009 110.5
June 2009 110.4

Peoria, Illinois Home Price-to-Rent Index

The current price-to-rent ratio for Peoria is 16.39 as determined by June 2010 Realtor median sales prices. This ratio is calculated using household size adjusted median contract rent for Peoria. The chart below shows an index of the rent ratio calculated from the metro FHFA HPI series and the Peoria median contract rent data from the Census ACS.

Price-to-Rent: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Peoria, Illinois Home Price-to-Rent Index History

Date FHFA
June 2010 105.4
March 2010 103.7
December 2009 105.3
September 2009 104.9
June 2009 104.7

Peoria, Illinois Inferred Affordable Mortgage

The inferred affordable mortgage is determined by taking the median household income for Peoria, Illinois and calculating the mortgage 30% of that income could afford. Traditionally, 30% of income is the maximum amount a homeowner could use towards a home loan. Inferred affordable loan values are calculated from ACS median household income and average monthly mortgage rates.

Inferred Affordable Mortgage

Date Inferred Mortgage
July 2010 $257,272
June 2010 $251,945
May 2010 $247,633
April 2010 $241,781
March 2010 $245,378
February 2010 $244,819
January 2010 $243,708
December 2009 $246,501
November 2009 $247,917
October 2009 $245,939
September 2009 $242,879
August 2009 $239,337
July 2009 $238,531

1. Specifically, FHFA data is from the non seasonally adjusted, all-transactions quarterly series.

2. Income data for the previous year is carried into the following year prior to the release of new income data.