What is the population of Perham city?

Perham city has 3,577 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #192 of 914 in Minnesota.

What is the median household income in Perham city?

Median household income in Perham city is $47,088 a year, 40% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Perham city?

Median gross rent is $813 a month and the median home value is $186,000, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.

Is Perham city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Perham city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Perham, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Perham, Minnesota (Perham, MN — Census place “Perham city”) is 3,577 residents, ranking #192 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $47,088, the median home is worth $186,000 and median gross rent runs $813 a month. Looking for the Perham Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Perham, MN: 56573.

Population: 3,577Perham city residents
Median household income: $47,088Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $186,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $813Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.5%Owner-occupied households

Perham ZIP codes (Minnesota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Perham.

The Perham MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

56573

What the numbers mean in Perham city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Perham city median would spend about 20.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.5% of residents and 54.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Perham city, MN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Perham city is a small town in Minnesota, with 3,577 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #192 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 35 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Perham city earn a median of $47,088 a year, 40% below the national figure of $78,538 and 38% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 19.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Perham city is valued at $186,000, 38.7% below the national figure and 23% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $813 a month, 42.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,756 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 54.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Perham city?: Perham city has 3,577 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #192 of 914 in Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Perham city?: Median household income in Perham city is $47,088 a year, 40% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Perham city?: Median gross rent is $813 a month and the median home value is $186,000, so rent absorbs about 20.7% of median household income.
Is Perham city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Perham city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Perham city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.