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Perry, KS

1,069 Population
0.7 square miles 1,427.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±9.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$41,334 ±$8,019 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $37,837 ±$649
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$82,375 ±$10,265 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $69,888 ±$1,800
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

7.9% ±4.4% (84  ±51) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.4% 26,003 (±0.7% / ±1,516)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

25.6 minutes ±3.5 (14,355  ±4,683) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.6 2,003,895 (±0.5 / ±56,625)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

430 ±105 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 96,999 ±734
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.5 ±0.9 (1,069  ±254) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.3 226,664 (±0 / ±102)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

24.4% ±20.6% (60  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.4% † 2,716 (±0.8% / ±395)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

455 ±107 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,224 ±195
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$174,000 ±$26,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $183,200 ±$3,835
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

7.8% ±3.6% (81  ±41.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.8% 27,016 (±0.8% / ±1,768.2)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

98.1% ±29.4% (766  ±143.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.5% 149,100 (±1.6% / ±2,626.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
23.2% ±7.6% (181  ±73) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 30.1% 48,034 (±1% / ±1,526.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

1.9% ±2% (20  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.5% 8,120
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

7.1% ±3.3% (60  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.1% 14,452 (±0.5% / ±803)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
60 Total veterans ±31 53 Male ±28 7 Female ±11

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