Perry County vs Wilcox County

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

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

Wilcox County has the higher population (10,347 vs 8,231 in Perry County). Wilcox County has the higher median household income ($42,236 vs $34,368 in Perry County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $84,200 in Wilcox County).

Population, income & housing

	Perry County	Wilcox County
Population	8,231	10,347
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,368	$42,236
Median home value	$87,700	$84,200
Median gross rent	$610	$699
Housing units	3,961	5,314
Homeownership rate	69.3%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry County	Wilcox County
Population	9,293 → 8,231 (-11.4%)	10,681 → 10,347 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$23,447 → $34,368 (+46.6%)	$31,014 → $42,236 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $87,700 (+34.9%)	$79,400 → $84,200 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $610 (+20.3%)	$509 → $699 (+37.3%)

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

Wilcox County

Population

10,68110,347

Median household income

$31,014$42,236

Median home value

$79,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$509$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perry County	Wilcox County
Under 5	6.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	15.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.7%
75 and over	10.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry County	Wilcox County
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	27.5%
Black or African American	71.0%	70.7%
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	0.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry County	Wilcox County
No high school diploma	17.8%	22.1%
High school graduate	42.6%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry County	Wilcox County
Drove alone	80.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry County	Wilcox County
1-unit, detached	53.1%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	30.2%	34.9%

Poverty & households

	Perry County	Wilcox County
Poverty rate	31.2%	29.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1985	1985