Perry is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 23,538 people and six associated neighborhoods, Perry is the 51st largest community in Georgia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Perry, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Perry, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Perry’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Perry does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $68,507.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Perry is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Perry is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Perry who work in office and administrative support (18.33%), sales jobs (11.11%), and management occupations (8.79%). Also of interest is that Perry has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.05% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Perry is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.74% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Perry in 2022 was $32,278, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,112 for a family of four. However, Perry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Perry is an extremely 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, Irish, English, Italian, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in Perry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
