Perry vs Robins AFB

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

Perry and Robins AFB 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 1,187 in Robins AFB). Robins AFB has the higher median household income ($95,859 vs $81,648 in Perry). Since 2019, Perry's population has grown faster (+34.0% vs -11.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Perry	Robins AFB
Population	22,243	1,187
Median age	35.1 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,648	$95,859
Median home value	$209,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,105	$1,500
Housing units	9,059	398
Homeownership rate	67.3%	1.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	73.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry	Robins AFB
Population	16,595 → 22,243 (+34.0%)	1,339 → 1,187 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$49,219 → $81,648 (+65.9%)	$64,479 → $95,859 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$150,500 → $209,300 (+39.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,105 (+28.0%)	$1,406 → $1,500 (+6.7%)

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

Robins AFB

Population

1,3391,187

Median household income

$64,479$95,859

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry	Robins AFB
Under 5	7.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	32.2%
25 to 34	16.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	0.0%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry	Robins AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	67.0%
Black or African American	29.3%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	3.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry	Robins AFB
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	35.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry	Robins AFB
Drove alone	77.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.4%	1.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry	Robins AFB
1-unit, detached	74.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Perry	Robins AFB
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	9
Median year structure built	2003	1981