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Perry, IA

7,928 Population
5.8 square miles 1,368.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,752 ±$3,312 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $44,796 ±$522
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$63,983 ±$7,485 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $84,209 ±$1,136
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

11.4% ±4.7% (887  ±364) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.9% 63,021 (±0.4% / ±2,903)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.3 minutes ±2 (77,325  ±11,186) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 20.8 6,701,490 (±0.2 / ±100,463)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

3,106 ±220 Number of households
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 289,451 ±1,214
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.5 ±0.2 (7,756  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 2.4 707,288 (±0 / ±209)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

11.4% ±7.2% (204  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 5.2% 8,980 (±0.5% / ±799)
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

3,415 ±224 Number of housing units
  • the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 308,705 ±223
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$122,100 ±$16,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: $252,400 ±$3,032
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

10.3% ±4% (797  ±309.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 13.9% 98,978 (±0.6% / ±3,981.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

86% ±7.7% (4,584  ±470.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 93.5% 449,966 (±1.1% / ±5,214.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
14.7% ±3.3% (785  ±182.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 39.1% 188,214 (±0.7% / ±3,395)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.1% ±5.1% (1,435  ±405) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 8.6% 62,047
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.7% ±2.2% (403  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area: 6.2% 33,516 (±0.2% / ±1,237)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
403 Total veterans ±134 338 Male ±110 65 Female ±68

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