With 1,965 people, Peru is a city in New York. Growth has run 30% since 2000, or 451 more people. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $216,600. The average commute runs 18 minutes. Households here earn about 22% less than in New York as a whole. The foreign-born share is 7%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,812, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
34% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 43%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Peru
What changed most since 1990
Median age45.4 → 37.7(−7.7 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants81.5% → 67.1%(−14.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree27.9% → 33.7%(+5.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Peru's population equals 2.5% of Clinton County's. Its number of veterans equals 1.6% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 3.6% 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)12.7%(10)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.3%(35)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 79 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
Peru, decade by decade
Peru 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
1,504
$88,596
$178,325
27.9%
3.3
2000
1,514
$66,385
$151,197
24.9%
6.3
2010
1,591
$83,518
$166,730
40.9%
10.9
2020
1,843
$74,777
$207,137
35.9%
22.8
2024
1,965
$66,812
$216,600
33.7%
32.8
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.
