Census-designated place · Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Perry, Louisiana

Perry is a census-designated place in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, part of the Lafayette, LA metro area. It has 1,424 residents. Perry, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,255 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #73 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), violent crime rate (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on public EV charging ports (low), mental health care shortage (high) and depression (high).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,255 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #73 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,424 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 815.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2259795

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.

Safety70#4,652/15,637
Economy38#9,733/15,631
Housing—
Health11#13,896/15,609
Healthcare24#11,873/15,650
Environment19#12,591/15,453
Education50#7,751/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,336/15,650
Community6#14,723/15,651
Leisure & amenities27#11,406/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Perry, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Vermilion Parish 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

Effective property tax rate · low0.28%
98/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Violent crime rate · low53 /100k
97/100Louisiana 515 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureVermilion Parish value
Time spent in the emergency room · low104 min
95/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesVermilion Parish value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.1%
94/100Louisiana 9.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Property crime rate · low386 /100k
94/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureVermilion Parish value
Pharmacies · high2.6 /10k
91/100Louisiana 2.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsVermilion Parish value

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Louisiana 1.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyVermilion Parish value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Louisiana 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationVermilion Parish value
Depression · high30.1%
5/100Louisiana 27.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Natural hazard risk · high95.5
5/100Louisiana 71.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyVermilion Parish value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Louisiana 13.9United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationVermilion Parish value
Distance to an airport · high114 mi
7/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauVermilion Parish value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,322 (2016-2020) → 1,424 (2020-2024)
+7.7%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
8.3% (2016-2020) → 37.1% (2020-2024)
+29 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
81.8% (2016-2020) → 91.1% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
28.5 min (2016-2020) → 41.6 min (2020-2024)
+46%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.2% (2016-2020) → 88.6% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.6% (2016-2020) → 1.3% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B23025US 8.1% → 4.0%

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.

There is not enough history to compare Perry, Louisiana over five years.

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

The places whose measures looked most like those of Perry, Louisiana 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.

No place that looked like Perry, Louisiana five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

1,424 residents (±566)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,424 residents (±566)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White87%†1,232
Black11%†160
Hispanic or Latino2.2%†32

Education

858 residents (±287)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma8.9%†76
High school or GED24%†205
Some college16%†135

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

493 households (±143)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k13%†64
$25k–50k24%†117
$50k–75k6.7%†33
$75k–100k30%†148
$100k–150k13%†62
$150k–200k7.5%†37
$200k or more6.5%†32

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

493 households (±143)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own94%†461
Rent6.5%†32

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

25 households (±38)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $750100%†25
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

461 homes (±139)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k28%†129
$150k–250k52%†240
$250k–400k10%†48

Age of homes

525 homes (±141)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later1.9%†10
2000–200912%†65
1980–199937%†194

Size of homes

525 homes (±141)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio6.1%†32
1 bedroom3.0%†16
2 bedrooms15%†77

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

789 workers (±359)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone93%†734
Carpool3.0%†24
Public transit3.2%†25
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.8%†6
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

783 workers (±359)

Perry, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min36%†282
15–29 min19%†150
30–44 min14%†111

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lafayette, LA

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 Vermilion Parish, the county holding most of Perry's residents.

Vermilion Parish has 969 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.72× Louisiana's), with 9,362 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,959. The Census Bureau also counts 5,277 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 969; 5,277 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 9,362
Average annual pay: $47,959; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	71	12.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	452	$52,524	240
Specialty trade contractors	66	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	359	$52,560	445
Restaurants and other eating places	64	11.2	0.61×Fewer than typical	972	$15,503	27
Building equipment contractors	38	6.7	1.11×About typical	155	$48,071	98
Legal services	32	5.6	1.04×About typical	45	$52,044	44
Services to buildings and dwellings	29	5.1	0.75×Fewer than typical	110	$30,600	575
Religious organizations	28	4.9	0.88×About typical	180	$17,083	—
Offices of other health practitioners	27	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	91	$38,385	57
Limited-service restaurants	26	4.6	0.57×Fewer than typical	494	$14,749	12
Full-service restaurants	25	4.4	0.57×Fewer than typical	430	$16,298	9
Management, scientific and technical consulting	25	4.4	0.65×Fewer than typical	32	$63,344	118
Gasoline stations	23	4	1.24×About typical	196	$23,862	4

Rank places for an industry Open Vermilion Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 57,141 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Vermilion Parish

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

House

Clay HigginsR-LA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.7%

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.

Vermilion Parish18100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lafayette, LA31

Other cities and towns in Vermilion Parish

Largest first.

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
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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