Household incomes in Perry Township are lower than in 66% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Perry Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+). Poverty touches 22.0% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. About one in five stay in Perry Township for work; outside it, Loogootee is the main destination (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Perry Township: the figures worth knowing
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Perry Township
Unemployment holds Perry Township’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perry Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Perry Township
On a workday 1,646 residents head out to work, 354 work right here, and 1,477 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Perry Township commutes to
Where Perry Township clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Perry Township
1,831 jobs are based in Perry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,762 → 1,831. 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.
From Perry Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 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 2,016 commuters (the 10% 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
About 24% 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.
Few in Perry Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,241 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). 6.1% 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.
Out of 3,758 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800, Perry Township comes 3,180th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 92 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,178 | Winchester IN | 4,817 | $52K | 18.3% | 5.0% | 29% | C− |
| 3,179 | Whiteville NC | 4,765 | $31K | 20.7% | 3.2% | 27% | C− |
| 3,180 | Perry Township IN | 5,067 | $65K | 22.0% | 4.9% | 18% | C− |
| 3,181 | Livingston NY | 3,611 | $54K | 17.1% | 5.1% | 8% | C− |
| 3,182 | Samoset FL | 5,284 | $52K | 20.9% | 9.0% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Perry Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Barr Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | C− | C+ | 21 min | $64,879 |
| Center Township | under 3% | C− | C | 31 min | $60,529 |
| Rutherford Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Mitcheltree Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Van Buren Township | under 3% | B | B− | 32 min | $90,985 |
| Madison Township | under 3% | B | B− | 31 min | $66,970 |
| Barr Township | 3% | B+ | B | 22 min | $92,717 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rutherford Township: not graded. Mitcheltree 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?
$64,879 (±$9,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
22.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Loogootee (13%, 8 mi), Jasper (12%, 27 mi), Washington (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.