Hershey House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPerry Township has lower unemployment (0.8%) than 96% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Perry Township itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (50%, 6 miles). Jobs and income earn Perry Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. The average commute takes 18 minutes each way; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Perry Township: the gist
Jobs in Perry Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Perry Township went from 1,382 in 2014 to 2,944 in 2024, +113%. The jobs ↓
More than half of Perry Township works in Lafayette
2,182 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Lafayette, 6.2 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Perry Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Perry Township residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Perry Township is services
92% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Perry Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Perry Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Perry Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #103 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perry Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Most jobs in Perry Township are in services
2,944 jobs are based in Perry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,382 → 2,944. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Perry Township ends
Where Perry Township clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
Miles to work from Perry Township
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 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 4,119 commuters (the 14% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Perry Township
On a workday 4,112 residents head out to work, 216 work right here, and 2,728 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,000 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Driving is how Perry Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perry Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #389 of 593 in Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,801 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% 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.
Among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700, Perry Township ranks 768th of 2,806 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 73 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 152 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 174 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 766 | West Earl Township PA | 8,407 | $98K | 2.6% | 5.3% | 7% | A− |
| 767 | Woodbury CT | 10,005 | $131K | 7.2% | 4.1% | 10% | A− |
| 768 | Perry Township IN | 9,376 | $87K | 8.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A− |
| 769 | Laketon Township MI | 7,721 | $98K | 5.6% | 2.4% | 4% | A− |
| 770 | Mason MI | 8,264 | $79K | 5.3% | 2.9% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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.
How Perry Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Fairfield Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | A− | C | 18 min | $86,778 |
| Fairfield Township | 1% | C+ | A | 17 min | $54,354 |
| Sheffield Township | under 1% | B | D | 20 min | $81,346 |
| Clay Township | under 1% | C | C− | 19 min | $71,042 |
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 2024, 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?
$86,778 (±$8,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
8.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (50%, 6 mi), West Lafayette (13%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 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 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2024, 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.