Lowndes County vs Perry County

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

Lowndes County and Perry County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowndes County has the higher population (10,008 vs 8,231 in Perry County). Lowndes County has the higher median household income ($35,160 vs $34,368 in Perry County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $80,600 in Lowndes County).

Population, income & housing

	Lowndes County	Perry County
Population	10,008	8,231
Median age	42.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,160	$34,368
Median home value	$80,600	$87,700
Median gross rent	$663	$610
Housing units	4,827	3,961
Homeownership rate	77.3%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowndes County	Perry County
Population	10,079 → 10,008 (-0.7%)	9,293 → 8,231 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$30,036 → $35,160 (+17.1%)	$23,447 → $34,368 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $80,600 (+15.1%)	$65,000 → $87,700 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $663 (+13.1%)	$507 → $610 (+20.3%)

Lowndes County

Population

10,07910,008

Median household income

$30,036$35,160

Median home value

$70,000$80,600

Median gross rent

$586$663

Perry County

Population

9,2938,231

Median household income

$23,447$34,368

Median home value

$65,000$87,700

Median gross rent

$507$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowndes County	Perry County
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	15.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.6%
75 and over	8.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowndes County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	28.0%
Black or African American	74.4%	71.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowndes County	Perry County
No high school diploma	16.8%	17.8%
High school graduate	44.0%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowndes County	Perry County
Drove alone	85.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowndes County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	55.1%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Lowndes County	Perry County
Poverty rate	29.6%	31.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1990	1985