With 2,073 people, Perry is a city in Michigan. 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $164,000. The foreign-born share is 2%. The poverty rate is 19.1%, above the 12.5% national rate. 93% were living in the same home a year earlier.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $75,321, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Perry
What changed most since 1990
White share98.2% → 94.7%(−3.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants73.5% → 61.3%(−12.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate12.1% → 19.1%(+7.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Perry's population equals 3.0% of Shiawassee County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.6% of the county's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 1.8% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.1%(13)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.2%(25)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War16.3%(15)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 92 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Perry, decade by decade
Perry population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,163
$73,802
$116,163
13.2%
4.6
2000
2,065
$82,301
$166,499
11.4%
6.7
2010
2,188
$56,419
$176,656
17.7%
9.9
2020
2,091
$78,675
$137,930
16.3%
21.3
2024
2,073
$75,321
$164,000
23.1%
12.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
