Griggsville vs Perry

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

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

Griggsville has the higher population (1,272 vs 254 in Perry). Perry has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $37,457 in Griggsville). Griggsville has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $81,700 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Griggsville	Perry
Population	1,272	254
Median age	40.6 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,457	$50,625
Median home value	$84,400	$81,700
Median gross rent	$556	$475
Housing units	559	186
Homeownership rate	57.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griggsville	Perry
Population	1,458 → 1,272 (-12.8%)	303 → 254 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$53,088 → $37,457 (-29.4%)	$40,000 → $50,625 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $84,400 (+17.5%)	$60,700 → $81,700 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $556 (-15.8%)	$475 → $475 (+0.0%)

Griggsville

Population

1,4581,272

Median household income

$53,088$37,457

Median home value

$71,800$84,400

Median gross rent

$660$556

Perry

Population

303254

Median household income

$40,000$50,625

Median home value

$60,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$475$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Griggsville	Perry
Under 5	4.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	3.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	27.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	18.9%
75 and over	8.0%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griggsville	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griggsville	Perry
No high school diploma	12.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	51.8%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griggsville	Perry
Drove alone	79.1%	79.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griggsville	Perry
1-unit, detached	58.0%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.1%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Griggsville	Perry
Poverty rate	21.1%	17.7%
Average household size	2.50	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1961	1968