Perry vs Woodward

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

Perry and Woodward 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 1,002 in Woodward). Woodward has the higher median household income ($68,571 vs $63,983 in Perry). Woodward has the higher median home value ($179,500 vs $122,100 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Perry	Woodward
Population	7,928	1,002
Median age	40.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,983	$68,571
Median home value	$122,100	$179,500
Median gross rent	$877	$484
Housing units	3,415	377
Homeownership rate	62.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry	Woodward
Population	7,599 → 7,928 (+4.3%)	1,243 → 1,002 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$44,146 → $63,983 (+44.9%)	$64,118 → $68,571 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $122,100 (+35.8%)	$137,500 → $179,500 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $877 (+15.4%)	$763 → $484 (-36.6%)

Perry

Population

7,5997,928

Median household income

$44,146$63,983

Median home value

$89,900$122,100

Median gross rent

$760$877

Woodward

Population

1,2431,002

Median household income

$64,118$68,571

Median home value

$137,500$179,500

Median gross rent

$763$484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry	Woodward
Under 5	6.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.6%
75 and over	6.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry	Woodward
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry	Woodward
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry	Woodward
Drove alone	75.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	1.4%
Public transit	0.1%	9.0%
Walked	2.2%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry	Woodward
1-unit, detached	71.1%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	9.8%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Perry	Woodward
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1957	1958