Longtown vs Perryville

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

Longtown 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 99 in Longtown). Longtown has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $53,958 in Perryville). Perryville has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $125,000 in Longtown).

Population, income & housing

	Longtown	Perryville
Population	99	8,530
Median age	44.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$53,958
Median home value	$125,000	$184,700
Median gross rent	—	$929
Housing units	43	3,517
Homeownership rate	87.2%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longtown	Perryville
Population	129 → 99 (-23.3%)	8,451 → 8,530 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $78,125 (+45.3%)	$49,023 → $53,958 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)	$129,300 → $184,700 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$714 → $929 (+30.1%)

Longtown

Population

12999

Median household income

$53,750$78,125

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

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)

	Longtown	Perryville
Under 5	4.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	23.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	4.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	16.2%	8.3%
75 and over	9.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longtown	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	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	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longtown	Perryville
No high school diploma	14.3%	12.2%
High school graduate	30.2%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longtown	Perryville
Drove alone	89.1%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longtown	Perryville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Longtown	Perryville
Poverty rate	7.1%	16.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1976