Metro · Density Score
Peoria, IL
Metro area in Illinois
18 Combined score #95 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 37 #76 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 5 #105 of 109
Peoria ranks #95 overall, #105 in Startup & VC and #76 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #10 of 103: 71 patents per 100k people
- #38 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 3.1%
- #67 of 102: 0.08 startup exits per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $0.06M #102 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.20 #94 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.08 #67 of 102
- GDP per person
- $76K #72 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 71 #10 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 120 #72 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.1% #38 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -7.2 #62 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- RLI Corp. $1.9B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
