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Peru city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Peru city is a Census city of 10,901 people across 5.06 square miles of land, in Miami County. Median household income is $46,159, 71.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.3 m.
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Peru
What Peru is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.06 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,156
- County holding the largest share of its areaMiami County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Peru
How many people live in Peru
- Population10,901
- Median age41.2
- Population under 182,668
- Share under 1824.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,012
- Share 65 and over18.5 percent
- Households4,440
- Family households2,690
- Share of households that are families60.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Peru
Income and work in Peru
- Median household income$46,159
- Per capita income$24,614
- Civilian labor force5,014
- Employed4,559
- Unemployed455 plus or minus 129
- Unemployment rate9.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over7,291
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.4 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.7 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Peru
Housing in Peru
- Housing units5,266
- Occupied units4,440
- Vacant units826 plus or minus 198
- Vacancy rate15.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied3,164
- Renter occupied1,276
- Ownership rate71.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$92,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$826
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.5 percent
- Single family units4,152
- Share single family78.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more713 plus or minus 177
- Share in buildings of two or more13.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Mobile homes401 plus or minus 133
- Median year structure built1942
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Peru
How Peru gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,188
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,824
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,187
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.3 percent
- Drove alone83.4 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Peru
SBA 7(a) lending to Peru borrowers
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,280,500
- Average approval$546,750
- Median approval$495,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,600,000
- Largest approval$1,600,000
- Jobs supported80
- Jobs per approval13.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Peru
SBA 504 lending to Peru borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,223,000
- Average approval$611,500
- Median approval$935,000
- Largest approval$935,000
- Jobs supported13
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Miami County, not Peru
Miami County context, not Peru figures
These are Miami County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Peru measurements.
- Establishments in Miami County584
- Employment at those establishments, Miami County6,390
- Covered employment, Miami County9,077
- Average annual pay, Miami County$49,711
- Average weekly wage, Miami County$956
- Housing units permitted, Miami County35
- Of those, single family, Miami County35
- County product, 2024, Miami County$1,291,251,000
- County product change over the prior year, Miami County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Miami County$36,587
Every figure in this section is published for Miami County as a whole and is not a measurement of Peru. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Peru questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Peru, Indiana?
10,901, in 4,440 households. Peru city covers 5.06 square miles of land, which is 2,156 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Peru in?
Miami County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Peru?
$46,159. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $92,500. Median gross rent is $826 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Peru businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $3.3 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $495,500, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Peru, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Peru borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Peru. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Peru figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Miami County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Peru.
Is zoning published for Peru?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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