PerryLA
A town of 1,424, settled in 1887.
Is Perry a good place to live?
Perry’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Perry’s average trip to work is 42 minutes, above both Louisiana’s towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 19 of Louisiana’s 255 towns score lower on hazard risk. Residents are less healthy than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Perry House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Perry has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,424 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Perry grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Perry is from typical.
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Moving to Perry: who provides what
Perry is unincorporated, so Vermilion Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Perry.
Perry’s grade for health is a D
28% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Perry, above both the Louisiana town median (27%) and the median of U.S. towns (23%). For adults locally, the share who have diabetes is 18%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Perry is ahead of Louisiana on 3 and behind on 10.
| Perry | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 44% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 14% |
| What stands out | Perry | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 14.3% | 16.8% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.7% | 12.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.1% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very high risk in Perry, with inland flooding at the top
Among 163 Louisiana towns, just 5 have a higher FEMA risk score than Perry. Expected losses in Perry break down as 48% from inland flooding and 40% from hurricanes. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2020.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Perry’s workers commute out
For most workers, Perry is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Among residents locally, 9.5% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Abbeville (23%), Lafayette (21%) and Baton Rouge (3%). Its middle household income stands at $82,000.
| Perry | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 9.5% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of households own their home in Perry than in most of Louisiana or the rest of the country
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Peigneur and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Perry. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Stadium & arenaCajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium
15 mi GardenJungle Gardens
23 mi MuseumLongfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site36 mi MuseumZigler Art MuseumPhoto credits
Cajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium: Jcarriere, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jungle Gardens: Skb8721, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site: Mike (msm62166), CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Perry
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Perry; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Perry residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
99% of working residents leave Perry for work
Where Perry’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Perry
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Perry (also Perrys Bridge, Pont Berry) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,171.
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- ZIP code
- 70575
Questions about Perry
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Perry, LA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $182,000, 15% below the Louisiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.