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Perry Hall, MD

Perry Hall's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

28,908
Residents
$104,709
Median income
$332,000
Median home
$1,657
Median rent (state)
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Sheet MD-PERRY-HALL-MD · Perry Hall, MD 28,908 pop · income 80th pct

POP-SMALL · INC-HIGH · COL-ABOVE · SAFE-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-MID · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-SMALL 28,908
  • INC-HIGH $104,709
  • COL-ABOVE 105.0
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-TOP 80th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Esparto
  • HOME-MID $332,000
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Esparto, CA ( $3 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Perry Hall

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Perry Hall on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Perry Hall on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 28,908.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $104,709. Population peers are excluded.

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Perry Hall - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Perry Hall lands in the 80th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

80th
percentile, household income
69th
percentile, home value
84th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Perry Hall, MD

Perry Hall is a small city in Maryland, home to 28,908 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Perry Hall report a median income of $104,709 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.3%. Home values in Perry Hall run a median of $332,000, and the median resident age is 39.4 years. Educational attainment runs 43.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 66.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The city is served by 2 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.

Maryland carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 105.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,657 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Maryland run around $255, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 25.7 minutes, with 72.1% driving alone and 13.9% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 60.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Perry Hall's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Perry Hall, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

What does the education layer cover for Perry Hall?

The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 43.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.

The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.

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2. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Perry Hall?

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 25.7 minutes.

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Question 3

Which cities make useful reference points for Perry Hall?

Within Maryland, the closest population matches are Carney (28,624 residents, $84,619 income); Clarksburg (29,246 residents, $178,641 income); Laurel (29,594 residents, $94,063 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lake in the Hills, IL (28,853 residents); Greenville, MS (28,833 residents); Jeffersontown, KY (28,988 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

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Question 4

How far does income reach against housing in Perry Hall?

The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.

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Population

28,908 residents

Small city (10k–49k)

Median Household Income

$104,709 /yr

High income · poverty 4.3% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

105.0 (US=100)

High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maryland average

City profile score · Perry Hall, MD

62/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Household income B+
$104,709

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Bachelor's+ share B+
43.1%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Poverty rate B
4.3%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Cost of living F
105.0 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Perry Hall profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Household income, Bachelor's+ share, Poverty rate, Cost of living. Household incomeBachelor's+ sharePoverty rateCost of living 62 C+
Perry Hall profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $104,709
  • Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 43.1%
  • Poverty rate: 70/100 (B) · 4.3%
  • Cost of living: 21/100 (F) · 105.0 index

How does Perry Hall compare to other US cities?

Here's how Perry Hall stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 80% higher than other cities
Home value 69% pricier than other cities
Median rent 84% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Perry Hall against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Maryland only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Maryland-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Perry Hall near the bottom of Maryland's cities

Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Perry Hall ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Perry Hall only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#209 of 445
53rd percentile in Maryland
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 479
0th percentile in Maryland
Median Home Value
#269 of 450
40th percentile in Maryland
Poverty Rate
#218 of 479
54th percentile in Maryland
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#157 of 479
67th percentile in Maryland
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Maryland only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

80thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

80th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Perry Hall's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$332,000 31st percentile more affordable than 31% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). This entry sits in this band. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Perry Hall $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Perry Hall's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,547 of 15,516
More affordable than 51% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,144 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)

At 3.2×, Perry Hall sits in the moderate band: national rank #7,547 of 15,516 and #1,144 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999). Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$104,709 Perry Hall, MD median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Perry Hall, MD Perry Hall, MD's median household income ($104,709) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Perry Hall, MD-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Perry Hall, MD median $104,709/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Perry Hall, MD median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Perry Hall, MD.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 43.1%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 4.3%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 66.9%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
28,908
Median Income
$104,709
Median Home Value
$332,000
Median Age
39.4
Poverty Rate
4.3%
Labor force participation
66.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
43.1%

Schools

Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
25.7 minutes
Drive Alone
72.1%
Carpool
8.4%
Public Transit
2.6%
Walk
1.1%
Work from Home
13.9%
Other
1.9%

Based on 15,471 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Maryland statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $255

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Maryland at $255 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $55 ).

These are Maryland statewide averages, not a meter reading for Perry Hall. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Maryland's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Perry Hall is $1,657/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Maryland statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 60.2 / 100 (Moderate).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Maryland statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Perry Hall sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Perry Hall compares to similar-size Maryland cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Perry Hall (this city) 28,908 $104,709
Carney 28,624 $84,619
Clarksburg 29,246 $178,641
Laurel 29,594 $94,063
NCES CCD
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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