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Peru town, Dunn County, WI

321 Population
19.4 square miles 16.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dunn County: 36.1 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,148 ±$8,264 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dunn County: $37,499 ±$1,160
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,625 ±$27,055 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Dunn County: $74,824 ±$2,670
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±2.7% (21  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dunn County: 10.7% † 4,524 (±1.3% / ±538)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.5 minutes ±14.1 (4,540  ±1,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Dunn County: 23.4 496,520 (±0.7 / ±19,361)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

107 ±33 Number of households
  • Dunn County: 17,440 ±272
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (321  ±103) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dunn County: 2.4 42,344 (±0 / ±73)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

115 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Dunn County: 18,983 ±88
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$199,600 ±$63,032 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dunn County: $243,200 ±$6,794
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.9% ±4.5% (3  ±14.6) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Dunn County: 15.5% 6,971 (±1.4% / ±649)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±30.7% (193  ±42.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dunn County: 94.6% 27,054 (±2.8% / ±808)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.9% ±7.2% (42  ±17.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dunn County: 29.6% 8,453 (±1.7% / ±492.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.7% ±4.5% (14  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dunn County: 5.4% 1,989 (±0.5% / ±176)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±10 9 Male ±7 5 Female ±7

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