About Perryville

Perryville is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 3,795 people and just one neighborhood, Perryville is the 195th largest community in Maryland.

Perryville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Perryville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Perryville who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.14%), management occupations (9.46%), and sales jobs (8.69%).

One of the nice things about Perryville is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Perryville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Perryville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.63% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Perryville Information and Demographics

In Perryville, just 11.07% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Perryville in 2000 was $20,040, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $80,160 for a family of four.

The people who call Perryville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Perryville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Perryville include English, Irish, German, Italian, Polish, Greek, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Perryville is English.