Cumberland Head vs Peru

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland Head and Peru: population, income, housing, and more.

Cumberland Head and Peru are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Peru has the higher population (1,880 vs 1,622 in Cumberland Head). Cumberland Head has the higher median household income ($106,048 vs $69,671 in Peru). Peru has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $211,600 in Cumberland Head).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland Head	Peru
Population	1,622	1,880
Median age	45.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$106,048	$69,671
Median home value	$211,600	$214,700
Median gross rent	$1,448	$1,262
Housing units	748	715
Homeownership rate	88.1%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland Head	Peru
Population	1,463 → 1,622 (+10.9%)	1,597 → 1,880 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$63,721 → $106,048 (+66.4%)	$76,723 → $69,671 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $211,600 (+31.1%)	$161,500 → $214,700 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,448 (+66.1%)	$761 → $1,262 (+65.8%)

Cumberland Head

Population

1,4631,622

Median household income

$63,721$106,048

Median home value

$161,400$211,600

Median gross rent

$872$1,448

Peru

Population

1,5971,880

Median household income

$76,723$69,671

Median home value

$161,500$214,700

Median gross rent

$761$1,262

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland Head	Peru
Under 5	3.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.7%
75 and over	8.7%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland Head	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland Head	Peru
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	16.2%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland Head	Peru
Drove alone	81.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland Head	Peru
1-unit, detached	92.6%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland Head	Peru
Poverty rate	2.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1960	1959