Huntingdon County vs Perry County

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

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

Perry County has the higher population (45,988 vs 43,844 in Huntingdon County). Perry County has the higher median household income ($78,824 vs $65,429 in Huntingdon County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($222,800 vs $180,300 in Huntingdon County).

Population, income & housing

	Huntingdon County	Perry County
Population	43,844	45,988
Median age	43.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,429	$78,824
Median home value	$180,300	$222,800
Median gross rent	$795	$838
Housing units	20,932	20,010
Homeownership rate	78.6%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntingdon County	Perry County
Population	45,369 → 43,844 (-3.4%)	46,053 → 45,988 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$51,678 → $65,429 (+26.6%)	$63,718 → $78,824 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $180,300 (+32.2%)	$169,300 → $222,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $795 (+23.8%)	$792 → $838 (+5.8%)

Huntingdon County

Population

45,36943,844

Median household income

$51,678$65,429

Median home value

$136,400$180,300

Median gross rent

$642$795

Perry County

Population

46,05345,988

Median household income

$63,718$78,824

Median home value

$169,300$222,800

Median gross rent

$792$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntingdon County	Perry County
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.4%
75 and over	9.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntingdon County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntingdon County	Perry County
No high school diploma	9.3%	10.1%
High school graduate	50.1%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntingdon County	Perry County
Drove alone	77.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	5.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.6%	13.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntingdon County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Huntingdon County	Perry County
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1972	1977