One of the benefits of Perry is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.76 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Perry does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Perry is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.06% of adults 25 and older in Perry have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Perry in 2022 was $29,817, which is upper middle income relative to Oklahoma, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,268 for a family of four. However, Perry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Perry is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Perry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Perry residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Perry include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Perry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
