Attica vs Perry

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

Attica 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 1,846 in Attica). Attica has the higher median household income ($64,474 vs $63,587 in Perry). Attica has the higher median home value ($132,800 vs $109,400 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Attica	Perry
Population	1,846	3,515
Median age	43.8 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,474	$63,587
Median home value	$132,800	$109,400
Median gross rent	$774	$740
Housing units	1,035	1,595
Homeownership rate	65.4%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Attica	Perry
Population	3,196 → 1,846 (-42.2%)	3,418 → 3,515 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$60,843 → $64,474 (+6.0%)	$51,125 → $63,587 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $132,800 (+26.6%)	$83,200 → $109,400 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $774 (+18.3%)	$713 → $740 (+3.8%)

Attica

Population

3,1961,846

Median household income

$60,843$64,474

Median home value

$104,900$132,800

Median gross rent

$654$774

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)

	Attica	Perry
Under 5	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.2%
75 and over	9.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Attica	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Attica	Perry
No high school diploma	5.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Attica	Perry
Drove alone	78.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	5.4%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Attica	Perry
1-unit, detached	67.5%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	4.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Attica	Perry
Poverty rate	8.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938