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Perryville, MO

8,530 Population
8.2 square miles 1,045.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 41.6 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,759 ±$2,032 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Perry County: $32,616 ±$1,819
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$53,958 ±$9,554 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Perry County: $63,356 ±$3,606
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

16% ±3.6% (1,307  ±298) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 11% † 2,037 (±2.1% / ±386)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

19.2 minutes ±2.6 (68,745  ±10,479) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 21.4 183,485 (±1.5 / ±14,892)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

3,197 ±195 Number of households
  • Perry County: 7,323 ±238
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.6 ±0.2 (8,212  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 2.5 18,621 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

3.5% ±2.7% (72  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Perry County: 4.6% † 184 (±2% / ±78)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

3,517 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 8,507 ±34
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$184,700 ±$9,488 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $189,400 ±$6,467
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

20.4% ±4.7% (1,719  ±397.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 12.5% † 2,342 (±2.5% / ±462.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

87.8% ±7% (4,975  ±426.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 87.9% 11,526 (±4.4% / ±582.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
20.7% ±3.6% (1,174  ±205.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Perry County: 22.1% † 2,892 (±2.2% / ±291.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

3.1% ±1.1% (261  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Perry County: 1.6% 309
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

8% ±1.7% (517  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Perry County: 8.5% † 1,243 (±1.4% / ±199)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
517 Total veterans ±114 466 Male ±102 51 Female ±42

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