Retail Ready Community Profile: West Peoria
West Peoria, Illinois
Population: 4,471
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The City of West Peoria was incorporated in 1993 and is bounded on the north, east and west by the City of Peoria and is immediately adjacent to Bradley University. The Kickapoo River valley is along the city’s western boundary. West Peoria is a small city covering only 1.25 square miles. There are three shopping areas – Western Avenue, Farmington Road, and Downtown at Rohmann at Sterling Avenues.
| West Peoria | ||||||
| Sales Tax Generated and Retail Sales | Sales Tax | Retail Sales | Sales Tax | Retail Sales | ||
| Categories | 2008 | 2008 | 2007 | |||
| 1 | General Merchandise | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| 2 | Food | 391,426.31 | 39,142,631.00 | 377,749.96 | 37,774,996.00 | |
| 3 | Drinking and Eating Places | 224,340.24 | 3,589,443.84 | 187,433.21 | 2,998,931.36 | |
| 4 | Apparel | 3,914.41 | 62,630.56 | |||
| 5 | Furniture & H.H. & Radio | |||||
| 6 | Lumber, Bldg, Hardware | 50,258.45 | 804,135.20 | 57,641.21 | 922,259.36 | |
| 7 | Automotive & Filling Stations | 182,657.66 | 2,922,522.56 | 176,459.53 | 2,823,352.48 | |
| 8 | Drugs & Misc. Retail | 242,852.67 | 3,885,642.72 | 244,434.76 | 3,910,956.16 | |
| 9 | Agriculture & All Others | 85,382.46 | 1,366,119.36 | 86,689.00 | 1,387,024.00 | |
| 10 | Manufacturers | 474.22 | 7,587.52 | 706.77 | 11,308.32 | |
| Totals | 1,185,188.80 | 51,718,082.20 | 1,136,012.43 | 49,891,458.24 | ||
| Note: Blank categories have less than 4 taxpayers, therefore no data is shown to protect the confidentiality of individual taxpayers, totals include censored data. | ||||||
| Source: Illinois Department of Revenue | ||||||
