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East Peru, IA

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Population
119
U.S. Census Population Estimates Program · 2025
Elevation
964 ft
Median Home Value
$102,500
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Rent
$850/mo
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Income
$68,333
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
General Quality
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About East Peru

Tucked into the rolling hills of Madison County, East Peru is a quiet, tight-knit town of around a hundred residents. It is most famous as the birthplace of the Red Delicious apple, discovered right here by local farmer Jesse Hiatt in the late 1800s. Life here moves at an easy pace, with neighbors gathering at the community center or catching up over dinner at the Peru Bar & Grill. Surrounded by open farmland and Madison County’s iconic covered bridge country, East Peru offers peaceful rural living just a short drive from Winterset and the Des Moines metro.

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Lower County Wildfire Hazard Potential ClassA+100.0ratingLower Projected Late-Century County-Area Exposure to Sea-Level RiseA+100.0ratingLow PopulationA+100.0rating

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