Perry vs Van Meter

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

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

Perry has the higher population (7,928 vs 1,469 in Van Meter). Van Meter has the higher median household income ($133,750 vs $63,983 in Perry). Van Meter has the higher median home value ($250,300 vs $122,100 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Perry	Van Meter
Population	7,928	1,469
Median age	40.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,983	$133,750
Median home value	$122,100	$250,300
Median gross rent	$877	$947
Housing units	3,415	469
Homeownership rate	62.2%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry	Van Meter
Population	7,599 → 7,928 (+4.3%)	1,239 → 1,469 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$44,146 → $63,983 (+44.9%)	$94,375 → $133,750 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $122,100 (+35.8%)	$169,300 → $250,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $877 (+15.4%)	$778 → $947 (+21.7%)

Perry

Population

7,5997,928

Median household income

$44,146$63,983

Median home value

$89,900$122,100

Median gross rent

$760$877

Van Meter

Population

1,2391,469

Median household income

$94,375$133,750

Median home value

$169,300$250,300

Median gross rent

$778$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry	Van Meter
Under 5	6.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	26.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	18.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.9%
75 and over	6.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry	Van Meter
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry	Van Meter
No high school diploma	14.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry	Van Meter
Drove alone	75.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	1.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.1%	17.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry	Van Meter
1-unit, detached	71.1%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Perry	Van Meter
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.50	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1957	1978