Brewer vs Perryville

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

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

Perryville has the higher population (8,530 vs 399 in Brewer). Perryville has the higher median household income ($53,958 vs $28,682 in Brewer). Since 2019, Perryville's population has grown faster (+0.9% vs -2.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Brewer	Perryville
Population	399	8,530
Median age	52.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,682	$53,958
Median home value	—	$184,700
Median gross rent	—	$929
Housing units	153	3,517
Homeownership rate	92.8%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.7%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	22.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewer	Perryville
Population	409 → 399 (-2.4%)	8,451 → 8,530 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$96,012 → $28,682 (-70.1%)	$49,023 → $53,958 (+10.1%)
Median home value	—	$129,300 → $184,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$714 → $929 (+30.1%)

Brewer

Population

409399

Median household income

$96,012$28,682

Perryville

Population

8,4518,530

Median household income

$49,023$53,958

Median home value

$129,300$184,700

Median gross rent

$714$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewer	Perryville
Under 5	0.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	6.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	21.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	26.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.3%
75 and over	5.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewer	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewer	Perryville
No high school diploma	32.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	54.0%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewer	Perryville
Drove alone	100.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewer	Perryville
1-unit, detached	88.2%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Brewer	Perryville
Poverty rate	45.9%	16.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1985	1976