Perrysville vs Universal

A side-by-side comparison of Perrysville and Universal: population, income, housing, and more.

Perrysville and Universal are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Perrysville has the higher population (601 vs 273 in Universal). Perrysville has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $63,250 in Universal). Perrysville has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $70,500 in Universal).

Population, income & housing

	Perrysville	Universal
Population	601	273
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$63,250
Median home value	$95,000	$70,500
Median gross rent	$805	$575
Housing units	278	127
Homeownership rate	62.7%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perrysville	Universal
Population	497 → 601 (+20.9%)	325 → 273 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$45,903 → $77,500 (+68.8%)	$47,500 → $63,250 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $95,000 (+34.8%)	$56,100 → $70,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $805 (+22.5%)	—

Perrysville

Population

497601

Median household income

$45,903$77,500

Median home value

$70,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$657$805

Universal

Population

325273

Median household income

$47,500$63,250

Median home value

$56,100$70,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perrysville	Universal
Under 5	2.0%	12.1%
5 to 17	24.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	6.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.8%
75 and over	5.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perrysville	Universal
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perrysville	Universal
No high school diploma	7.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	47.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perrysville	Universal
Drove alone	86.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perrysville	Universal
1-unit, detached	85.3%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Perrysville	Universal
Poverty rate	17.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1950	1951