Deer Creek is a village in Tazewell and Woodford counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Deer Creek is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[3] In the late 1830s, Abraham Chaffer started the first business in Deer Creek at Chaffer's Corner, which was located in the center of Deer Creek Township.

[3] The location of Deer Creek has moved three times since 1830, from Chaffer's Corner to New Castle, from New Castle to Belmont, and from Belmont to the present site of Village of Deer Creek.

21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.