Perry vs Waite Hill

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

Perry and Waite Hill 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 532 in Waite Hill). Waite Hill has the higher median household income ($159,375 vs $97,969 in Perry). Waite Hill has the higher median home value ($746,400 vs $236,900 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Perry	Waite Hill
Population	1,628	532
Median age	36.9 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,969	$159,375
Median home value	$236,900	$746,400
Median gross rent	$1,056	—
Housing units	605	247
Homeownership rate	89.8%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	71.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry	Waite Hill
Population	1,680 → 1,628 (-3.1%)	458 → 532 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$75,132 → $97,969 (+30.4%)	$122,000 → $159,375 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $236,900 (+37.3%)	$639,900 → $746,400 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $1,056 (+49.6%)	$1,375 → $1,188 (-13.6%)

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

Waite Hill

Population

458532

Median household income

$122,000$159,375

Median home value

$639,900$746,400

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry	Waite Hill
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.0%
75 and over	5.2%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry	Waite Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry	Waite Hill
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.4%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	36.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry	Waite Hill
Drove alone	87.6%	59.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	28.7%
Other means	0.0%	9.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry	Waite Hill
1-unit, detached	82.1%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Perry	Waite Hill
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.9%
Average household size	3.04	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1991	1963