Laingsburg vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (2,198 vs 1,640 in Laingsburg). Laingsburg has the higher median household income ($75,547 vs $73,468 in Perry). Laingsburg has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $144,400 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Laingsburg	Perry
Population	1,640	2,198
Median age	30.0 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,547	$73,468
Median home value	$202,600	$144,400
Median gross rent	$755	$931
Housing units	556	961
Homeownership rate	69.8%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laingsburg	Perry
Population	1,264 → 1,640 (+29.7%)	2,173 → 2,198 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $75,547 (+23.3%)	$58,092 → $73,468 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $202,600 (+42.1%)	$105,700 → $144,400 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $755 (+3.4%)	$759 → $931 (+22.7%)

Laingsburg

Population

1,2641,640

Median household income

$61,250$75,547

Median home value

$142,600$202,600

Median gross rent

$730$755

Perry

Population

2,1732,198

Median household income

$58,092$73,468

Median home value

$105,700$144,400

Median gross rent

$759$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laingsburg	Perry
Under 5	18.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	17.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.8%
75 and over	3.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laingsburg	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laingsburg	Perry
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laingsburg	Perry
Drove alone	84.9%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laingsburg	Perry
1-unit, detached	78.1%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	2.2%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Laingsburg	Perry
Poverty rate	26.3%	16.6%
Average household size	3.14	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1970	1972