Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPerry Township has 5.0 jobs for every working resident: 2,517 people commute in to work
There are 2,535 jobs in Perry Township, and 502 of its residents work somewhere. Perry Township grades D− for walkability. Only 4% stay in Perry Township for work; outside it, Indianapolis is the main destination (33%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Perry Township at work: what stands out
Perry Township fills up on a workday
Perry Township has 2,535 jobs, 5.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,200 people are in town, more than double the 1,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Perry Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Perry Township went from 890 in 2013 to 2,535 in 2023, +185%. The jobs ↓
Perry Township and Indianapolis trade workers both ways
Indianapolis is the top workplace for Perry Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Perry Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How many people are in Perry Township by day
On a workday 484 residents head out to work and 18 work right here.
About 3,200 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 169% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
70% of the jobs in Perry Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 890 → 2,535. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Perry Township’s workforce comes from
Where Perry Township clocks in
33% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Perry Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perry Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 609 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Perry Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Perry Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perry Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Perry Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 735 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Perry Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Perry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
26% of Perry Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Lebanon (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | — | D− | 25 min | — |
| Zionsville | 3% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $172,024 |
| Whitestown | 10% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $123,643 |
| Lebanon | 11% | B | C+ | 21 min | $65,154 |
| Worth Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 28 min | $122,911 |
| Center Township | 2% | B | C+ | 23 min | $65,322 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Perry Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Perry Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
2.8%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (33%, 18 mi), Lebanon (11%, 7 mi), Whitestown (10%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Perry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perry Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.