| Back to United States. City: Peru, NY Population (2000): 5,615
Housing units: 2,254 Land area: 61.7 sq. mi. Water area: 0.0 sq. mi. White population: 5493 Black population: 47 American Indian population: 3 Asian population: 26 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 8 Two or more races population: 38 Urban population: 0 Rural population: 5615 Median age: 37.4 Average household size: 2.71 Median household income (1999): $40774
 
Nearest zip codes: 12911, 12944, 12901, 12903, 12962, 12985.
Year house built:
- 1999 to March 2000: 41
- 1995 to 1998: 124
- 1990 to 1994: 234
- 1980 to 1989: 386
- 1970 to 1979: 511
- 1960 to 1969: 190
- 1950 to 1959: 269
- 1940 to 1949: 51
- 1939 or earlier: 433
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Peru, NY (12972):
- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 12
- 2 bedrooms: 268
- 3 bedrooms: 893
- 4 bedrooms: 457
- 5 or more bedrooms: 64
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
- no bedroom: 7
- 1 bedrooms: 77
- 2 bedrooms: 128
- 3 bedrooms: 91
- 4 bedrooms: 37
- 5 or more bedrooms: 19
Vehicles available in 12972 zip code in owner-occupied houses:
- no vehicle: 28
- 1 vehicle: 414
- 2 vehicles: 886
- 3 vehicles: 304
- 4 vehicles: 43
- 5 or more vehicles: 19
Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:
- no vehicle: 60
- 1 vehicle: 140
- 2 vehicles: 121
- 3 vehicles: 9
- 4 vehicles: 8
- 5 or more vehicles: 21
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in zip code 12972:
- Less than $10,000: 0
- $10,000 to $14,999: 5
- $15,000 to $19,999: 8
- $20,000 to $24,999: 0
- $25,000 to $29,999: 11
- $30,000 to $34,999: 7
- $35,000 to $39,999: 8
- $40,000 to $49,999: 80
- $50,000 to $59,999: 124
- $60,000 to $69,999: 107
- $70,000 to $79,999: 112
- $80,000 to $89,999: 162
- $90,000 to $99,999: 118
- $100,000 to $124,999: 287
- $125,000 to $149,999: 161
- $150,000 to $174,999: 26
- $175,000 to $199,999: 59
- $200,000 to $249,999: 10
- $250,000 to $299,999: 8
- $300,000 to $399,999: 0
- $400,000 to $499,999: 0
- $500,000 to $749,999: 0
- $750,000 to $999,999: 0
- $1,000,000 or more: 5
First ancestries reported:
- French (except Basque): 707
- Irish: 691
- English: 494
- United States or American: 494
- French Canadian: 481
- German: 329
- Other groups: 296
- Italian: 244
- Scottish: 143
- Polish: 136
- Scotch-Irish: 81
- Canadian: 60
- Hungarian: 37
- Dutch: 32
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 27
- Jamaican: 20
- Czech: 19
- Czechoslovakian: 13
- Portuguese: 10
- Swiss: 10
- Brazilian: 9
- Norwegian: 8
- Lithuanian: 7
- Barbadian: 7
- Welsh: 7
- Greek: 7
- Slovak: 5
- Austrian: 4
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