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Perry city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Perry city is a Census city of 7,985 people across 5.79 square miles of land, in Dallas County. Median household income is $68,910, 64.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.0 m.
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Perry
What Perry is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.79 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,378
- County holding the largest share of its areaDallas 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.
Perry
How many people live in Perry
- Population7,985
- Median age39.0
- Population under 181,908
- Share under 1823.9 percent
- Population 65 and over1,200
- Share 65 and over15.0 percent
- Households3,163
- Family households1,768
- Share of households that are families55.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Perry
Income and work in Perry
- Median household income$68,910
- Per capita income$33,832
- Civilian labor force4,640
- Employed4,472
- Unemployed168 plus or minus 104
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over5,300
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Perry
Housing in Perry
- Housing units3,486
- Occupied units3,163
- Vacant units323 plus or minus 132
- Vacancy rate9.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Owner occupied2,031
- Renter occupied1,132 plus or minus 258
- Ownership rate64.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$121,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$931
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent
- Single family units2,609
- Share single family74.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more741 plus or minus 202
- Share in buildings of two or more21.3 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes136 plus or minus 78
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Perry
How Perry gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,997
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,625
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,652 plus or minus 370
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.3 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone71.6 percent
- Carpooled13.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.1 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home7.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Perry
SBA loans in Perry (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$3,015,300
- Average approval$301,530
- Median approval$336,900
- Ninetieth percentile approval$788,000
- Largest approval$788,000
- Jobs supported103
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full2
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Perry
SBA loans in Perry (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,646,000
- Average approval$548,667
- Median approval$373,000
- Largest approval$1,115,000
- Jobs supported16
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dallas County, not Perry
Dallas County context, not Perry figures
These are Dallas County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Perry measurements.
- Establishments in Dallas County2,521
- Employment at those establishments, Dallas County46,640
- Covered employment, Dallas County55,258
- Average annual pay, Dallas County$76,316
- Average weekly wage, Dallas County$1,468
- Housing units permitted, Dallas County1,513
- Of those, single family, Dallas County883
- County product, 2024, Dallas County$11,106,538,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dallas County7.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dallas County$79,519
Every figure in this section is published for Dallas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Perry. 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
Perry questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Perry, Iowa?
7,985, in 3,163 households. Perry city covers 5.79 square miles of land, which is 1,378 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Perry in?
Dallas 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 Perry?
$68,910. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $121,400. Median gross rent is $931 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Perry businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $3.0 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $336,900, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Perry, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Perry borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Perry. only 3 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 Perry figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dallas 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 Perry.
Is zoning published for Perry?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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