Nortonville vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (1,085 vs 797 in Nortonville). Perry has the higher median household income ($82,589 vs $73,500 in Nortonville). Perry has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $91,500 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Nortonville	Perry
Population	797	1,085
Median age	35.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,500	$82,589
Median home value	$91,500	$173,800
Median gross rent	$869	$803
Housing units	315	453
Homeownership rate	73.8%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nortonville	Perry
Population	696 → 797 (+14.5%)	949 → 1,085 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$55,556 → $73,500 (+32.3%)	$53,750 → $82,589 (+53.7%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $91,500 (+15.8%)	$122,300 → $173,800 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $869 (+26.3%)	$707 → $803 (+13.6%)

Nortonville

Population

696797

Median household income

$55,556$73,500

Median home value

$79,000$91,500

Median gross rent

$688$869

Perry

Population

9491,085

Median household income

$53,750$82,589

Median home value

$122,300$173,800

Median gross rent

$707$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nortonville	Perry
Under 5	12.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.9%
75 and over	6.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nortonville	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nortonville	Perry
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	38.2%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nortonville	Perry
Drove alone	85.0%	91.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.6%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nortonville	Perry
1-unit, detached	91.1%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Nortonville	Perry
Poverty rate	19.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1949	1978