Grand River vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (1,628 vs 578 in Grand River). Perry has the higher median household income ($97,969 vs $76,488 in Grand River). Perry has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $149,400 in Grand River).

Population, income & housing

	Grand River	Perry
Population	578	1,628
Median age	51.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,488	$97,969
Median home value	$149,400	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,014	$1,056
Housing units	279	605
Homeownership rate	84.3%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand River	Perry
Population	432 → 578 (+33.8%)	1,680 → 1,628 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $76,488 (+23.0%)	$75,132 → $97,969 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$122,600 → $149,400 (+21.9%)	$172,500 → $236,900 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,014 (+6.7%)	$706 → $1,056 (+49.6%)

Grand River

Population

432578

Median household income

$62,188$76,488

Median home value

$122,600$149,400

Median gross rent

$950$1,014

Perry

Population

1,6801,628

Median household income

$75,132$97,969

Median home value

$172,500$236,900

Median gross rent

$706$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand River	Perry
Under 5	0.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	18.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	25.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.1%
75 and over	5.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand River	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	88.4%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand River	Perry
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	43.0%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand River	Perry
Drove alone	89.0%	87.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand River	Perry
1-unit, detached	84.6%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand River	Perry
Poverty rate	7.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.21	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1944	1991