2020 census As of the
2020 census, Perris had a population of 78,700. The population density was . The median age was 29.5 years. The age distribution was 31.2% under the age of 18, 11.7% aged 18 to 24, 28.6% aged 25 to 44, 21.1% aged 45 to 64, and 7.4% aged 65 or older. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males. The census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0.1% were institutionalized. In addition, 99.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.8% lived in rural areas. There were 19,027 households, of which 59.0% had children under the age of 18. Of all households, 55.8% were married-couple households, 7.8% were
cohabiting couple households, 14.0% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 22.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 8.7% of households were made up of individuals, and 3.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.12. There were 16,647
families, representing 87.5% of households. There were 19,424 housing units at an average density of , of which 2.0% were vacant. Of the 19,027 occupied housing units, 65.4% were owner-occupied and 34.6% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.6%, and the rental vacancy rate was 2.6%. The median household income in 2023 was $82,523, and the
per capita income was $24,862. About 9.3% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line.
2010 census At the
2010 census Perris had a population of 68,386. The population density was . The racial makeup of Perris was 28,937 (42.3%) White (11.0% Non-Hispanic White), 8,307 (12.1%) African American, 589 (0.9%) Native American, 2,461 (3.6%) Asian, 286 (0.4%) Pacific Islander, 24,345 (35.6%) from
other races, and 3,461 (5.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 49,079 persons (71.8%). The census reported that 68,146 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 140 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 100 (0.1%) were institutionalized. There were 16,365 households: 10,836 (66.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them; 9,778 (59.7%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together; 3,128 (19.1%) had a female householder with no husband present; 1,441 (8.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,314 (8.0%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 120 (0.7%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,442 households (8.8%) were one person and 383 (2.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.16. There were 14,347 families (87.7% of households); the average family size was 4.32. The age distribution was 25,288 people (37.0%) under the age of 18, 7,951 people (11.6%) aged 18 to 24, 20,088 people (29.4%) aged 25 to 44, 11,711 people (17.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,348 people (4.9%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 25.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males. There were 17,906 housing units at an average density of 568.4 per square mile, of the occupied units 10,854 (66.3%) were owner-occupied and 5,511 (33.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.8%. 44,695 people (65.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 23,451 people (34.3%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Perris had a median household income of $46,435, with 28.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line. ==Economy==