Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPerry Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The two grades for Perry Township are C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 35 jobs are based in Perry Township, and 611 of its residents work somewhere. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
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 is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Perry Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Perry Township has about 970 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
38% of Perry Township works in Muncie
232 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Muncie, 9.2 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in Perry Township itself. 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 611 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Perry Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Perry Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Perry Township’s grade up ($65,088, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Perry Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Perry Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Perry Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 595 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer 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.
38% of working residents work in Muncie
Where Perry Township clocks in
38% of workers
8% 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.
Perry Township works in goods: 63% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 35. 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.
How long Perry Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 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 614 commuters (the 3% 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.
Half of Perry Township commutes less than 11 miles
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 near the bottom 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 632 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). 19.1% 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.
Perry Township is 4,259th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,257 | Aragon GA | 1,523 | $68K | 25.4% | 14.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,258 | Sanborn IA | 1,463 | $59K | 13.5% | 2.1% | 10% | C− |
| 4,259 | Perry Township IN | 1,543 | $65K | 21.6% | 0.6% | 3% | C− |
| 4,260 | Kingston Township MI | 1,462 | $61K | 11.1% | 3.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,261 | Pittsfield Township PA | 1,232 | $65K | 12.9% | 5.6% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Perry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Perry Township
The biggest share goes to Liberty Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | C− | D− | 23 min | $65,088 |
| Liberty Township | 4% | B− | D | 26 min | $74,457 |
| Monroe Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $92,083 |
| Stoney Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Stoney Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 27 min | $78,214 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stoney Creek Township and Stoney Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 median household income in Perry Township?
$65,088 (±$19,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
21.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (38%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 52 mi), Liberty Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 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 19% 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.