City · Taylor County, Florida

Perry, Florida

Perry is a city in Taylor County, Florida. It has 7,068 residents. Perry, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,088 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #760 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), math scores (high) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), grocery stores (low) and rent-burdened households (high).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,088 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #760 of 780 in FL
Population: 7,068 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 755.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 1256150

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety9#14,304/15,637
Economy10#14,040/15,631
Housing20#12,045/14,977
Health8#14,422/15,609
Healthcare8#14,322/15,650
Environment27#11,307/15,453
Education47#8,362/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,655/15,650
Community23#12,031/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,434/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Perry, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Taylor County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Pharmacies · high2.8 /10k
95/100Florida 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTaylor County value
Math scores · high3.43
92/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTaylor County value
Comfortable days · high33.5%
91/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTaylor County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low113 min
91/100Florida 158 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTaylor County value
Social associations · high14.4 /10k
89/100Florida 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTaylor County value
Child care cost burden · low22.1%
88/100Florida 25.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTaylor County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Florida 16.3United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTaylor County value
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
1/100Florida 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTaylor County value
Rent-burdened households · high61.9%
3/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drought exposure · high97%
3/100Florida 78%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAATaylor County value
Job growth · low-3.5%
5/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataTaylor County value
Distance to an airport · high118 mi
6/100Florida 21 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTaylor County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.9 /1k (2021) → 4.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+436%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
38.6% (2015-2019) → 61.9% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
47.7% (2015-2019) → 24.6% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.7% (2015-2019) → 84.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
31.9% (2015-2019) → 18.9% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
79.0% (2015-2019) → 89.7% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Perry, Florida improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Child poverty−23 points47.7% → 24.6%
Broadband+15 points68.7% → 84.2%

Declined1

Rent / income+9.7 points25.3% → 35.0%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Perry, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.9 min2015-2019	16.2 min2020-2024	−5.6 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%2015-2019	17.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	68.7%2015-2019	84.2%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
Child poverty rate	47.7%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	−23 points	Improved	95%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.70%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	79.0%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4402015-2019	0.4432020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$34,8062015-2019	$40,8982020-2024	+18%	Within the margin of error	28%
Poverty rate	31.9%2015-2019	18.9%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Rent as share of income	25.3%2015-2019	35.0%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Declined	10%
Rent-burdened households	38.6%2015-2019	61.9%2020-2024	+23 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.8%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	11%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Perry, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Perry, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Perry, Florida itself moved −9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,068 residents (±19)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,789 households (±315)

Perry, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k28%†769
$25k–50k31%†856
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,789 households (±315)

Perry, Florida
Florida share

Own60%1,660
Rent40%1,129

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,918 workers (±300)

Perry, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone66%1,935
Carpool15%†447
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Taylor County, the county holding most of Perry's residents.

Taylor County has 435 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.71× Florida's), with 4,673 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,594. The Census Bureau also counts 1,316 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 435; 1,316 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 4,673
Average annual pay: $47,594; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Taylor County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	34	15.7	0.85×About typical	458	$21,148	11
Religious organizations	27	12.4	2.24×More than typical	109	$27,844	—
Ambulatory health care services	26	12	0.58×Fewer than typical	234	$57,269	79
Gasoline stations	20	9.2	2.84×More than typical	120	$27,158	—
Full-service restaurants	18	8.3	1.08×About typical	215	$26,684	—
Lessors of real estate	17	7.8	0.64×Fewer than typical	31	$32,548	108
Specialty trade contractors	17	7.8	0.51×Fewer than typical	50	$38,500	125
Limited-service restaurants	13	6	0.75×Fewer than typical	221	$16,362	5
Services to buildings and dwellings	13	6	0.89×About typical	54	$24,889	139
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	5.1	1.01×About typical	49	$38,551	21
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	11	5.1	3.07×More than typical	83	$38,699	—
Construction of buildings	10	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	48	$45,896	46

Rank places for an industry Open Taylor County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,693 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $418.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Perry, Florida: $59.21 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $418.5K; −21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $59.21; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.6%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$356.9K85%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$46.4K11%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$24.2K5.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1,5900.4%
Federal Emergency Management Agency$1,3140.3%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$9210.2%

Top recipients

NAMMO PERRY INC.$342.6K82%
AMERICAN ALUMINUM ACCESSORIES INC$32.5K7.8%
BASSETT DAIRY PRODUCTS INC$25K6.0%
AMERICAN ALUMINUM ACCESSORIES, LLC$13.9K3.3%
VERNADERO GROUP INC$1,4830.4%

Spending by fiscal year

1.6MFY2017
434.9KFY2018
1.2MFY2019
458.4KFY2020
443.2KFY2021
52.7KFY2022
3.9MFY2023
5.3MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$355.2K85%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$32.2K7.7%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$12.6K3.0%
Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers · 4231$10.8K2.6%
Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$6,1441.5%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$3,3050.8%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Perry, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Perry, Florida's figures are part of those of Taylor County, FL ($27.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Perry is mostly in Taylor County.

See federal money in Taylor County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Perry, Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Neal P. DunnR-FL-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 18.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Taylor County8100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Taylor County

Largest first.

Steinhatchee756

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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