Green Bay vs Peoria
Metro-area medians — Green Bay, WI Metro Area vs Peoria, IL Metro Area — not the cities proper.
Green Bay comes out ahead, winning 5 of the 9 clearly-decided measures.
Green Bay and Peoria cost about the same to live in, but Green Bay households earn about 7% more. Adjusted for local prices, a typical paycheck stretches further in Green Bay.
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On $75,000 for just you, Peoria leaves you about $342/yr better off after tax and local prices.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
Choose Green Bay for
- + Livability (CityLedger)
- + Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
- + Median household income
- + Unemployment
- + Air quality (median AQI)
Choose Peoria for
- + Median rent
- + Median home value
- + Bachelor's degree or higher
- + Average commute
Green Bay vs Peoria — frequently asked
- Is Green Bay cheaper than Peoria?
- They are about even — the overall cost of living in the Green Bay and Peoria metros is within 3% of each other (BEA Regional Price Parities), so neither is meaningfully cheaper.
- Which has higher household income, Green Bay or Peoria?
- Green Bay has the higher median household income — $79,876 versus $74,352 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS), about 7% more.
- Does a paycheck go further in Green Bay or Peoria?
- A paycheck stretches further in Green Bay. Adjusted for local prices, the median income is worth $85,809 there versus $81,499 in Peoria.
- Which has cheaper rent, Green Bay or Peoria?
- Peoria has cheaper rent — a median of $1,003/mo versus $1,052/mo (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).