Perryville vs Shakertowne

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

Perryville and Shakertowne 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 416 in Shakertowne). Perryville has the higher median household income ($53,958 vs $51,756 in Shakertowne). Perryville has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $171,000 in Shakertowne).

Population, income & housing

	Perryville	Shakertowne
Population	8,530	416
Median age	38.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,958	$51,756
Median home value	$184,700	$171,000
Median gross rent	$929	$677
Housing units	3,517	228
Homeownership rate	62.8%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perryville	Shakertowne
Population	8,451 → 8,530 (+0.9%)	545 → 416 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$49,023 → $53,958 (+10.1%)	$55,438 → $51,756 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $184,700 (+42.8%)	$140,800 → $171,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $929 (+30.1%)	$595 → $677 (+13.8%)

Perryville

Population

8,4518,530

Median household income

$49,023$53,958

Median home value

$129,300$184,700

Median gross rent

$714$929

Shakertowne

Population

545416

Median household income

$55,438$51,756

Median home value

$140,800$171,000

Median gross rent

$595$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perryville	Shakertowne
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	2.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	28.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	6.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	15.4%
75 and over	8.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perryville	Shakertowne
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perryville	Shakertowne
No high school diploma	12.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	42.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perryville	Shakertowne
1-unit, detached	71.9%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	13.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Perryville	Shakertowne
Poverty rate	16.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1976	1981