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Perryville, MO

8,536 Population
8.2 square miles 1,046 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 42.2 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,028 ±$5,624 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perry County: $35,632 ±$3,263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,897 ±$6,005 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Perry County: $62,981 ±$3,485
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19% ±4.8% (1,561  ±398) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Perry County: 13.9% † 2,570 (±2.9% / ±532)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±2.8 (70,760  ±11,615) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Perry County: 21.3 179,340 (±1.6 / ±16,171)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,318 ±176 Number of households
  • Perry County: 7,525 ±184
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (8,215  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 2.5 18,655 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±4.1% (114  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Perry County: 5.8% † 233 (±3.1% / ±125)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,525 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 8,552 ±50
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$179,700 ±$11,366 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Perry County: $188,200 ±$8,182
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.3% ±4.9% (1,547  ±413.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 12.1% † 2,282 (±2.7% / ±506.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±7.2% (4,875  ±440.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 86.5% 11,426 (±4.5% / ±596.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.4% ±3.7% (1,164  ±212.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 20.9% † 2,755 (±2.3% / ±304)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.6% ±1.3% (304  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Perry County: 1.7% 321
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.7% (438  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 8% † 1,167 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
438 Total veterans ±109 388 Male ±98 50 Female ±43

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