Kinderhook vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (254 vs 245 in Kinderhook). Kinderhook has the higher median household income ($59,500 vs $50,625 in Perry). Perry has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $76,700 in Kinderhook).

Population, income & housing

	Kinderhook	Perry
Population	245	254
Median age	27.9 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,500	$50,625
Median home value	$76,700	$81,700
Median gross rent	$663	$475
Housing units	112	186
Homeownership rate	73.8%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinderhook	Perry
Population	241 → 245 (+1.7%)	303 → 254 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$54,659 → $59,500 (+8.9%)	$40,000 → $50,625 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $76,700 (+1.5%)	$60,700 → $81,700 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $663 (+30.5%)	$475 → $475 (+0.0%)

Kinderhook

Population

241245

Median household income

$54,659$59,500

Median home value

$75,600$76,700

Median gross rent

$508$663

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)

	Kinderhook	Perry
Under 5	16.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	6.9%	3.5%
18 to 24	23.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	6.1%	2.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	27.6%
55 to 64	4.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	16.7%	18.9%
75 and over	4.1%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinderhook	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinderhook	Perry
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinderhook	Perry
Drove alone	69.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	20.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinderhook	Perry
1-unit, detached	86.6%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Kinderhook	Perry
Poverty rate	23.5%	17.7%
Average household size	2.92	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1938	1968