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SheetMO-PERRYVILLE-MO · Perryville, MO 8,530 pop · income 26th pct · 5 tracts
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 Perryville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Perryville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lamesa · lowest
50,533
Lamesa · lowest
50,533 median HH income
37.4% of the leader · rank #1
Perryville · this city
53,958
Perryville · this city
53,958 median HH income
39.9% of the leader · rank #2
Hopedale · near
53,958
Hopedale · near
53,958 median HH income
39.9% of the leader · rank #3
Radom · near
53,958
Radom · near
53,958 median HH income
39.9% of the leader · rank #4
Hermansville · near
53,958
Hermansville · near
53,958 median HH income
39.9% of the leader · rank #5
Philadelphia · near
53,958
Philadelphia · near
53,958 median HH income
39.9% of the leader · rank #6
Hanover · highest
135,250
Hanover · highest
135,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Perryville on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 8,530.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Perryville - the verdict
Nationally, Perryville sits in the 26th percentile for household income and the 56th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
26th
percentile, household income
38th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
56th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Perryville, MO
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 8,530 residents in Perryville, a small town within Missouri. Median household income here is $53,958 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.4%. Perryville's housing stock carries a median value of $184,700, and the median resident age is 38.2 years. Educational attainment runs 20.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 55.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 53 residential building permits were authorized in Perryville (Building Boom), up 152% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Perryville reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1189.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Missouri at 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $972 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Missouri's average monthly utility costs around $219 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Perryville'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to reported crime to schools and households to within-city variation to population change to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Perryville, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Perryville?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Olivette (8,539 residents, $105,898 income); Murphy (8,566 residents, $73,373 income); Oak Grove (8,477 residents, $73,237 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Delavan, WI (8,531 residents); Old Forge, PA (8,533 residents); Lamesa, TX (8,527 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Perryville?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Perryville?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1189.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 48% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
What can 5 Census tracts reveal inside Perryville?
PlainCities matches 5 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Perryville?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 20.7% 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.
Poverty estimate
9.4%
Bachelor's degree+
20.7%
Matched public schools
4
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Is Perryville growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +39 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 53 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
2020 estimate
8,554
2025 estimate
8,593
Period change
+0.5%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
How far does income reach against housing in Perryville?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.4×
Home value
$184,700
Household income
$53,958
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 9.4% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
D
City profile score · Perryville, MO
44/100
5 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.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate D
9.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
20.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
295 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$53,958
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Perryville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Poverty rate: 42/100 (D) · 9.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 36/100 (F) · 20.7%
Violent crime: 34/100 (F) · 295 /100k
Household income: 26/100 (F) · $53,958
Where Perryville sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Perryville's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Perryville highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Perryville, MO (this city): home $184,700, crime 1,190/100k
Delavan, WI : home $194,500, crime 1,407/100k
Old Forge, PA : home $169,700, crime 636/100k
Lamesa, TX : home $85,800, crime 1,771/100k
Gonzales, CA : home $593,900, crime 827/100k
Hanover, NH : home $682,100, crime 451/100k
Olivette, MO : home $450,100, crime 926/100k
Oak Grove, MO : home $190,800, crime 1,420/100k
Park Hills, MO : home $121,100, crime 2,213/100k
Cameron, MO : home $178,300, crime 1,977/100k
Carl Junction, MO : home $206,400, crime 912/100k
How does Perryville compare to other US cities?
Perryville measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income26% higher than other cities
Home value38% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety56% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Missouri, Perryville ranks #99 of 234 Missouri cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Perryville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Perryville near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Perryville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Perryville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#403 of 842
52nd percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#205 of 833
75th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#472 of 875
46th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#291 of 875
67th percentile in Missouri
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 Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
26th percentile nationally for median household income · 56th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Perryville's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Perryville's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Perryville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$184,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 62% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Perryville's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,667 of 15,516
More affordable than 44% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,026 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.4×, Perryville sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,667 of 15,516 and #7,026 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$53,958Perryville, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Perryville, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Perryville, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)20.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,530
Median Income
$53,958
Median Home Value
$184,700
Median Age
38.2
Poverty Rate
9.4%
Labor force participation
55.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
20.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1189.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
294.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
895.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Perryville's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,554 residents
2021
8,560 residents
2022
8,499 residents
2023
8,504 residents
2024
8,565 residents
2025
8,593 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
53
housing units authorized
Single-Family
7
detached homes
Multifamily
46
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
21
15
6
$3.0M
2020
23
17
6
$3.3M
2021
8
6
2
$1.0M
2022
6
4
2
$0.7M
2023
6
6
0
$0.8M
2024
53
7
46
$9.5M
Permit volume increased 152% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.5%
Carpool
10.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
4.8%
Other
0.9%
Based on 3,765 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Perryville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Perryville is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Perryville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Perryville compares to similar-size Missouri 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.