Peru vs Rouses Point

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

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

Rouses Point has the higher population (2,520 vs 1,880 in Peru). Peru has the higher median household income ($69,671 vs $47,556 in Rouses Point). Peru has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $184,400 in Rouses Point).

Population, income & housing

	Peru	Rouses Point
Population	1,880	2,520
Median age	41.1 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,671	$47,556
Median home value	$214,700	$184,400
Median gross rent	$1,262	$731
Housing units	715	1,328
Homeownership rate	76.6%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peru	Rouses Point
Population	1,597 → 1,880 (+17.7%)	2,319 → 2,520 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$76,723 → $69,671 (-9.2%)	$58,198 → $47,556 (-18.3%)
Median home value	$161,500 → $214,700 (+32.9%)	$141,800 → $184,400 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $1,262 (+65.8%)	$604 → $731 (+21.0%)

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

Rouses Point

Population

2,3192,520

Median household income

$58,198$47,556

Median home value

$141,800$184,400

Median gross rent

$604$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peru	Rouses Point
Under 5	6.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	18.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	17.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.4%
75 and over	11.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peru	Rouses Point
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peru	Rouses Point
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	24.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peru	Rouses Point
Drove alone	73.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peru	Rouses Point
1-unit, detached	71.6%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	10.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Peru	Rouses Point
Poverty rate	9.5%	15.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1959	1951