Center vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (710 vs 469 in Center). Center has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $47,443 in Perry). Perry has the higher median home value ($108,600 vs $82,600 in Center).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Perry
Population	469	710
Median age	42.9 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,750	$47,443
Median home value	$82,600	$108,600
Median gross rent	$350	$567
Housing units	206	401
Homeownership rate	83.6%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Perry
Population	521 → 469 (-10.0%)	614 → 710 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $62,750 (+81.4%)	$35,500 → $47,443 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $82,600 (+31.3%)	$91,000 → $108,600 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$375 → $350 (-6.7%)	$439 → $567 (+29.2%)

Center

Population

521469

Median household income

$34,583$62,750

Median home value

$62,900$82,600

Median gross rent

$375$350

Perry

Population

614710

Median household income

$35,500$47,443

Median home value

$91,000$108,600

Median gross rent

$439$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Perry
Under 5	4.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	18.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	6.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	20.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.7%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	76.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	18.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Perry
No high school diploma	11.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	65.0%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	10.7%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Perry
Drove alone	89.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Perry
1-unit, detached	65.5%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Center	Perry
Poverty rate	15.3%	17.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1976	1962