Perrysville vs Polk

A side-by-side comparison of Perrysville and Polk: population, income, housing, and more.

Perrysville and Polk are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Perrysville has the higher population (833 vs 535 in Polk). Polk has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $42,054 in Perrysville). Polk has the higher median home value ($122,300 vs $102,700 in Perrysville).

Population, income & housing

	Perrysville	Polk
Population	833	535
Median age	30.5 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,054	$63,438
Median home value	$102,700	$122,300
Median gross rent	$692	$755
Housing units	391	178
Homeownership rate	67.7%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perrysville	Polk
Population	683 → 833 (+22.0%)	470 → 535 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $42,054 (+12.1%)	$53,194 → $63,438 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $102,700 (+41.7%)	$96,500 → $122,300 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$511 → $692 (+35.4%)	$904 → $755 (-16.5%)

Perrysville

Population

683833

Median household income

$37,500$42,054

Median home value

$72,500$102,700

Median gross rent

$511$692

Polk

Population

470535

Median household income

$53,194$63,438

Median home value

$96,500$122,300

Median gross rent

$904$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perrysville	Polk
Under 5	9.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	28.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	19.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.2%
75 and over	8.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perrysville	Polk
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perrysville	Polk
No high school diploma	15.3%	16.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perrysville	Polk
Drove alone	72.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	14.4%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perrysville	Polk
1-unit, detached	74.4%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Perrysville	Polk
Poverty rate	21.0%	27.6%
Average household size	2.42	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1965	1938