Perry vs Perryville

A side-by-side comparison of Perry and Perryville: population, income, housing, and more.

Perry and Perryville are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Perryville has the higher population (1,303 vs 321 in Perry). Perryville has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $39,063 in Perry). Perryville has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $75,000 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Perry	Perryville
Population	321	1,303
Median age	46.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,063	$59,531
Median home value	$75,000	$116,700
Median gross rent	$713	$589
Housing units	138	606
Homeownership rate	66.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	18.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry	Perryville
Population	307 → 321 (+4.6%)	1,445 → 1,303 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $39,063 (-10.3%)	$52,750 → $59,531 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $75,000 (-6.3%)	$86,300 → $116,700 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $713 (-12.7%)	$611 → $589 (-3.6%)

Perry

Population

307321

Median household income

$43,542$39,063

Median home value

$80,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$817$713

Perryville

Population

1,4451,303

Median household income

$52,750$59,531

Median home value

$86,300$116,700

Median gross rent

$611$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry	Perryville
Under 5	5.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.9%
75 and over	4.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry	Perryville
No high school diploma	14.8%	10.1%
High school graduate	51.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry	Perryville
Drove alone	80.4%	83.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	5.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	12.4%
Other means	2.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry	Perryville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Perry	Perryville
Poverty rate	24.6%	20.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1971	1985