Perryville vs Rising Sun

A side-by-side comparison of Perryville and Rising Sun: population, income, housing, and more.

Perryville and Rising Sun are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Perryville has the higher population (4,425 vs 2,756 in Rising Sun). Rising Sun has the higher median household income ($85,750 vs $75,543 in Perryville). Rising Sun has the higher median home value ($289,200 vs $267,700 in Perryville).

Population, income & housing

	Perryville	Rising Sun
Population	4,425	2,756
Median age	39.0 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,543	$85,750
Median home value	$267,700	$289,200
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,183
Housing units	1,821	1,094
Homeownership rate	67.5%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perryville	Rising Sun
Population	4,404 → 4,425 (+0.5%)	2,791 → 2,756 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$72,432 → $75,543 (+4.3%)	$67,548 → $85,750 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$227,900 → $267,700 (+17.5%)	$223,400 → $289,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,053 (+5.5%)	$1,003 → $1,183 (+17.9%)

Perryville

Population

4,4044,425

Median household income

$72,432$75,543

Median home value

$227,900$267,700

Median gross rent

$998$1,053

Rising Sun

Population

2,7912,756

Median household income

$67,548$85,750

Median home value

$223,400$289,200

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perryville	Rising Sun
Under 5	7.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	19.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	4.7%
75 and over	5.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perryville	Rising Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	82.9%
Black or African American	13.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perryville	Rising Sun
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perryville	Rising Sun
Drove alone	81.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perryville	Rising Sun
1-unit, detached	45.2%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	22.7%	9.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Perryville	Rising Sun
Poverty rate	13.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1988	1987