Arcade vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (3,515 vs 1,912 in Arcade). Perry has the higher median household income ($63,587 vs $57,255 in Arcade). Arcade has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $109,400 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Arcade	Perry
Population	1,912	3,515
Median age	41.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,255	$63,587
Median home value	$166,400	$109,400
Median gross rent	$735	$740
Housing units	1,045	1,595
Homeownership rate	51.9%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcade	Perry
Population	2,170 → 1,912 (-11.9%)	3,418 → 3,515 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$45,868 → $57,255 (+24.8%)	$51,125 → $63,587 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $166,400 (+45.3%)	$83,200 → $109,400 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $735 (+31.3%)	$713 → $740 (+3.8%)

Arcade

Population

2,1701,912

Median household income

$45,868$57,255

Median home value

$114,500$166,400

Median gross rent

$560$735

Perry

Population

3,4183,515

Median household income

$51,125$63,587

Median home value

$83,200$109,400

Median gross rent

$713$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcade	Perry
Under 5	5.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.2%
75 and over	8.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcade	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcade	Perry
No high school diploma	6.6%	11.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcade	Perry
Drove alone	88.7%	72.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	5.2%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcade	Perry
1-unit, detached	61.7%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.8%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Arcade	Perry
Poverty rate	18.6%	9.7%
Average household size	1.84	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1954	1938