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About Peoria
City in Arizona, United StatesPeoria ( pee-OR-ee-ə) is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. Most of the city is located in Maricopa County, while a portion of it in the north is in Yavapai County. It is a major suburb of Phoenix. As of the 2020 census, the population of Peoria was 190,985, up from 154,065 in 2010. It is the sixth-largest city in Arizona in land area and the ninth-largest in population. It was named after Peoria, Illinois. The word peoria is a corruption of the Miami-Illinois word for "prairie fire". It is the spring training home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners, who share Peoria Sports Complex.
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Housing in Peoria
The typical Peoria home is worth about $481,000, down 0.8% in a year, 15% above the Arizona typical home.
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Safety in Peoria
Safety Grade B-
Peoria reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 55% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 85%.
Schools in Peoria
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The public schools Peoria’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 77% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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