Keeseville vs Peru

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

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

Keeseville has the higher population (2,572 vs 1,880 in Peru). Peru has the higher median household income ($69,671 vs $57,625 in Keeseville). Peru has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $124,300 in Keeseville).

Population, income & housing

	Keeseville	Peru
Population	2,572	1,880
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,625	$69,671
Median home value	$124,300	$214,700
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,262
Housing units	1,290	715
Homeownership rate	70.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keeseville	Peru
Population	2,932 → 2,572 (-12.3%)	1,597 → 1,880 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$49,211 → $57,625 (+17.1%)	$76,723 → $69,671 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $124,300 (+26.7%)	$161,500 → $214,700 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,061 (+19.2%)	$761 → $1,262 (+65.8%)

Keeseville

Population

2,9322,572

Median household income

$49,211$57,625

Median home value

$98,100$124,300

Median gross rent

$890$1,061

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)

	Keeseville	Peru
Under 5	3.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.7%
75 and over	8.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keeseville	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keeseville	Peru
No high school diploma	11.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keeseville	Peru
Drove alone	79.7%	73.7%
Carpooled	15.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keeseville	Peru
1-unit, detached	66.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Keeseville	Peru
Poverty rate	17.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1959	1959