Perry vs Waukee

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

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

Waukee has the higher population (26,974 vs 7,928 in Perry). Waukee has the higher median household income ($106,728 vs $63,983 in Perry). Waukee has the higher median home value ($328,200 vs $122,100 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Perry	Waukee
Population	7,928	26,974
Median age	40.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,983	$106,728
Median home value	$122,100	$328,200
Median gross rent	$877	$1,290
Housing units	3,415	11,023
Homeownership rate	62.2%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry	Waukee
Population	7,599 → 7,928 (+4.3%)	20,785 → 26,974 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$44,146 → $63,983 (+44.9%)	$94,580 → $106,728 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $122,100 (+35.8%)	$238,900 → $328,200 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $877 (+15.4%)	$1,130 → $1,290 (+14.2%)

Perry

Population

7,5997,928

Median household income

$44,146$63,983

Median home value

$89,900$122,100

Median gross rent

$760$877

Waukee

Population

20,78526,974

Median household income

$94,580$106,728

Median home value

$238,900$328,200

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry	Waukee
Under 5	6.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	5.8%
75 and over	6.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry	Waukee
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	77.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.9%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry	Waukee
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry	Waukee
Drove alone	75.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	21.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry	Waukee
1-unit, detached	71.1%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	16.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Perry	Waukee
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1957	2009