Elwood vs Perry

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

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

Perry has the higher population (5,708 vs 1,643 in Elwood). Perry has the higher median household income ($99,478 vs $99,375 in Elwood). Elwood has the higher median home value ($480,100 vs $399,400 in Perry).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Perry
Population	1,643	5,708
Median age	32.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,375	$99,478
Median home value	$480,100	$399,400
Median gross rent	$1,375	$989
Housing units	448	1,758
Homeownership rate	93.9%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Perry
Population	1,138 → 1,643 (+44.4%)	4,971 → 5,708 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$83,068 → $99,375 (+19.6%)	$90,477 → $99,478 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$268,500 → $480,100 (+78.8%)	$268,000 → $399,400 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,375 (+14.6%)	$843 → $989 (+17.3%)

Elwood

Population

1,1381,643

Median household income

$83,068$99,375

Median home value

$268,500$480,100

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,375

Perry

Population

4,9715,708

Median household income

$90,477$99,478

Median home value

$268,000$399,400

Median gross rent

$843$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Perry
Under 5	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	24.3%	24.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.4%
75 and over	3.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Perry
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	42.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Perry
Drove alone	77.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Perry
1-unit, detached	96.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Perry
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.7%
Average household size	3.68	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1996	2001