Kaplan vs Perry

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

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

Kaplan has the higher population (4,271 vs 1,014 in Perry). Perry has the higher median household income ($71,534 vs $36,578 in Kaplan). Perry has the higher median home value ($181,500 vs $153,800 in Kaplan).

Population, income & housing

	Kaplan	Perry
Population	4,271	1,014
Median age	39.9 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,578	$71,534
Median home value	$153,800	$181,500
Median gross rent	$782	—
Housing units	1,989	430
Homeownership rate	60.7%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaplan	Perry
Population	4,522 → 4,271 (-5.6%)	1,322 → 1,014 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$34,943 → $36,578 (+4.7%)	$80,739 → $71,534 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $153,800 (+70.3%)	$189,100 → $181,500 (-4.0%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $782 (+32.3%)	—

Kaplan

Population

4,5224,271

Median household income

$34,943$36,578

Median home value

$90,300$153,800

Median gross rent

$591$782

Perry

Population

1,3221,014

Median household income

$80,739$71,534

Median home value

$189,100$181,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaplan	Perry
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	25.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	5.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.3%
75 and over	7.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaplan	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	85.5%
Black or African American	10.8%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaplan	Perry
No high school diploma	22.2%	19.3%
High school graduate	44.9%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaplan	Perry
Drove alone	79.3%	92.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaplan	Perry
1-unit, detached	83.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Kaplan	Perry
Poverty rate	34.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	50
Median year structure built	1973	1978