P R O F I L E    O F    P E R R Y
AGRICULTURE
CLIMATE
COMMUNITY FACILITIES: MEDICAL
COMMUNITY FACILITIES: RECREATION
DISTANCES TO MAJOR CITIES
EDUCATION
FINANCING
GOVERNMENT
HOUSING
LOCATION
MEDIA
MEETING FACILITIES
POPULATION
TRANSPORTATION
TOP EMPLOYERS
UTILITIES


AGRICULTURE
Land in farms: 412, 829 acres Cattle / Calves Inventory Farms: 554
Avg. size of farms: 559 acres Beef Cows Farms: 473
Total farms: 739 Wheat for Grain Farms: 325
Cattle/Calves Sold Farms: 561 Hay, Alfalfa, Silage, Other Farms: 418
   
CLIMATE
Average annual temperature is 59� F with rainfall of 32" and snowfall of 10" average per year. The average relative humidity is 40% with prevailing wind direction from the south/southwest.
   
COMMUNITY FACILITIES: MEDICAL
Hospitals: 1 Air Ambulance/Medi-Flight: 1
Hospital Beds: 26 Nursing Homes: 3
Doctors/Specialists: 17 Nursing Home Beds: 163
Dentists: 3 Churches: 20
Specialty Clinic:1
Denominations: 11
   
COMMUNITY FACILITIES: RECREATION
Parks: 8 Museums: 2
Golf Courses: 1 Live Theaters: 1
Swimming Pools: 3 Public Libraries: 1
Tennis Courts: 4 YMCA: 1
RV Parks: 2 Lakes: 5
Hotel / Motel Rooms: 220 Perry Lake (.5 miles); CCC Lake (1.5 miles); Lake McMurtry (12
Restaurants: 18 miles); Lake Carl Blackwell (17 miles);  Sooner Lake (22 miles)
   
DISTANCES TO MAJOR CITIES
Oklahoma City: 60 Houston: 519
Tulsa: 83 Kansas City: 294
Dallas: 269 New Orleans: 711
   
EDUCATION
Number of Campuses: 4 Total Enrollment: 1240
Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.5% Enrollment: Elementary (K-4): 520
Colleges, University, Tech Centers: 6 Enrollment: Middle School (5-7): 268
OSU (12 miles) OU (82 miles) Northern Okla. College-Tonkawa (30 miles) Northern Okla. College-Enid (39 miles) Meridian Technology Center (18 miles) Langston University (41 miles) Enrollment: Mid-High (8-9): 199
Enrollment: High School (10-12): 253
   
FINANCING
Perry has three lending institutions with combined total assets in excess of $250,000,000
  
GOVERNMENT

Type: Council / Elected Mayor

Zoning Regulations: Yes
Number of Wards: 4 Enforcement Officers: 13
Council Members From Each Ward: 8 Emergency 911 Service: Yes
Planning Commission: Yes Tax: Sales: 8.25% / Corporation: 6%
   
HOUSING
Single Family Housing (avg. sales price): $55,000 Rental Unit (avg. mo. rent): $350
   
LOCATION
Perry is centrally located in Oklahoma and also centrally located in the U.S. At 1005 feet above sea level, Perry is located in Noble County just off Interstate 35 approximately 60 miles due north of Oklahoma City. With easy access to interstates, airports, shipping and rail routes it is ideally located for commerce, industry and residential development.
MEDIA
Daily Newspaper: Perry Daily Journal
Local Cable Network: Perry Information Netowrk (PIN - channel 19)
Community/ City Website: PerryOK.org
MEETING FACILITIES
Women's Bldg @ Fairgrounds: 400 Horizon Room @ Exchange Bank: 50
Heritage Center (theater): 111 Thelma Knox Brown Room @ Library: 40
Heritage Center (meeting room): 50 First Place Board Room @ 1st Bank: 20
Municipal Bldg: 60 Super 8 Motel: 100
Cherokee Strip Motel: 100
   
POPULATION
Total (City of Perry): 5,230 Number of Households: 2,203
Total (Noble County): 11,411 Avg. Persons Per Household: 2.31
Median Age: 38
   
Median Income: $30,653
TRANSPORTATION
Interstate Access: I-35 (.5 mi) Commercial Airport: Will Rogers (OKC): 70 mi.
State Highway(s): US 64 / US 77 Most Active Carrier (OKC): Southwest
Local Airport: Perry Municipal Airport 2nd Most Active Carrier (OKC): American
Local Airport Runway Length: 5,200
   
3rd Most Active Carrier (OKC): Delta
TOP EMPLOYERS
Charles Machine Works: 997 Anhueser-Busch: 90
Okla. Dept. of Transportation: 239 Noble County: 77
Perry Public Schools: 151 Wal-Mart: 50
Midwest Staffing: 100 Exchange Bank & Trust: 40
Perry Memorial Hospital: 95-100 First Bank & Trust: 30
City of Perry: 85-100
   
E-Z Drill: 17
UTILITIES
Electric Company: City of Perry Telephone Company:SBC
Electric Coop: Rural Enterprises Association Digital Services Available: Yes
Gas Supplier: Oklahoma Natural Gas
Water Supplier & Source: City of Perry, Lake
Average Industrial Rate Per MCF: $2.41 Cost for Treating a Discharge of 5000 Gallons
Sewage Treatment Authority: City of Perry    From Single Source: $2.00








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