Centerville vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (22,243 vs 8,323 in Centerville). Perry has the higher median household income ($81,648 vs $81,233 in Centerville). Perry has the higher median home value ($209,300 vs $204,300 in Centerville).

Population, income & housing

	Centerville	Perry
Population	8,323	22,243
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,233	$81,648
Median home value	$204,300	$209,300
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,105
Housing units	3,179	9,059
Homeownership rate	71.0%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centerville	Perry
Population	7,751 → 8,323 (+7.4%)	16,595 → 22,243 (+34.0%)
Median household income	$59,435 → $81,233 (+36.7%)	$49,219 → $81,648 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$144,300 → $204,300 (+41.6%)	$150,500 → $209,300 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,115 (+11.5%)	$863 → $1,105 (+28.0%)

Centerville

Population

7,7518,323

Median household income

$59,435$81,233

Median home value

$144,300$204,300

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,115

Perry

Population

16,59522,243

Median household income

$49,219$81,648

Median home value

$150,500$209,300

Median gross rent

$863$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centerville	Perry
Under 5	1.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	24.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.4%
75 and over	4.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centerville	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	57.9%
Black or African American	44.7%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centerville	Perry
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	26.2%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centerville	Perry
Drove alone	86.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	6.2%	11.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centerville	Perry
1-unit, detached	78.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Centerville	Perry
Poverty rate	14.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	2000	2003