Village · Wyoming County, New York

Perry, New York

Perry is a village in Wyoming County, New York. It has 3,871 residents. Perry, New York has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,910 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #704 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), hot days (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), new business applications (low) and comfortable days (low).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,910 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #704 of 859 in NY
Population: 3,871 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,624.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 3657243

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety98#248/15,637
Economy37#9,822/15,631
Housing38#9,360/14,977
Health57#6,772/15,609
Healthcare39#9,540/15,650
Environment79#3,202/15,453
Education47#8,307/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,982/15,650
Community50#7,785/15,651
Leisure & amenities41#9,281/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Perry, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wyoming 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

Students per teacher · low9.1×
99/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWyoming County value
Hot days · low1 days
97/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWyoming County value
Property crime rate · low350 /100k
95/100New York 1,575 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWyoming County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100New York 2.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWyoming County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100New York 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWyoming County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.81%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low6.6 /1k
1/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWyoming County value
Comfortable days · low23.1%
9/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWyoming County value
Restaurants and bars · low5.3 /10k
12/100New York 11.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWyoming County value
Broadband subscriptions · low82.7%
13/100New York 90.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Primary care shortage · high16.0
14/100New York 5.7United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWyoming County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
3,418 (2015-2019) → 3,871 (2020-2024)
+13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
14.6% (2015-2019) → 23.3% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Unemployment rateImproving
8.8% (2015-2019) → 2.4% (2020-2024)
−6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$51,125 (2015-2019) → $63,291 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
8.1% (2015-2019) → 12.6% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.350 (2015-2019) → 0.427 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, New York improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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

Bachelor's++8.7 points14.6% → 23.3%
Household income+24%$51,125 → $63,291

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Perry, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.4 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	−3.9 min	Within the margin of error	85%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Improved	86%
Broadband subscriptions	81.5%2015-2019	82.7%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	3.64%2015-2019	2.81%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	98%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	63%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3502015-2019	0.4272020-2024	+0.077	Within the margin of error	8%
Median household income	$51,1252015-2019	$63,2912020-2024	+24%	Improved	41%
Poverty rate	10.1%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Rent-burdened households	45.5%2015-2019	45.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.2%2015-2019	3.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	38%

“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, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Perry, New York 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, New York itself moved −2.7 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

3,871 residents (±360)

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

1,619 households (±197)

Perry, New York
New York share

Under $25k13%†211
$25k–50k21%†341
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,619 households (±197)

Perry, New York
New York share

Own66%1,074
Rent34%545

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

1,740 workers (±254)

Perry, New York
New York share

Drive alone71%1,227
Carpool10%†179
Public transit0.3%†6

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 Wyoming County, the county holding most of Perry's residents.

Wyoming County has 754 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.69× New York's), with 8,051 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,331. The Census Bureau also counts 2,234 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 754; 2,234 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 8,051
Average annual pay: $49,331; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	66	16.6	1.07×About typical	216	$65,287	218
Restaurants and other eating places	53	13.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	605	$22,660	6
Construction of buildings	47	11.8	1.56×More than typical	201	$56,562	64
Religious organizations	40	10.1	1.81×More than typical	173	$15,613	—
Ambulatory health care services	32	8.1	0.39×Fewer than typical	252	$60,464	98
Other specialty trade contractors	28	7	2.81×More than typical	88	$85,648	68
Automotive repair and maintenance	27	6.8	1.35×More than typical	86	$44,884	51
Limited-service restaurants	25	6.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	312	$24,439	3
Full-service restaurants	23	5.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	256	$20,164	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	21	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	75	$32,960	125
Truck transportation	19	4.8	0.95×About typical	184	$62,163	35
Building equipment contractors	18	4.5	0.75×Fewer than typical	77	$46,299	45

Rank places for an industry Open Wyoming County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 39,750 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 Wyoming County.

See federal money in Wyoming 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, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Claudia TenneyR-NY-24 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

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.

Wyoming County70100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Wyoming County

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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