Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Perry Township (1.3%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Perry Township grades A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in seven work in Perry Township itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (57%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Perry Township
More than half of Perry Township works in Fort Wayne
10,760 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Fort Wayne, 9.3 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in Perry Township itself. The commute map ↓
Perry Township trades workers with the towns around it
Perry Township has about as many jobs (21,082) as working residents (18,717), but they are mostly different people: 15,662 residents leave for work each day while 18,027 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Perry Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Perry Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Perry Township went from 11,275 in 2013 to 21,082 in 2023, +87%. The jobs ↓
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 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Perry Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Perry Township is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #14 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns). 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 A to A+.
The places Perry Township commutes to
Where Perry Township clocks in
3% 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.
A workday in Perry Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 15,662 residents head out to work, 3,055 work right here, and 18,027 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 (1.13 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.
Perry Township is a services town
21,082 jobs are based in Perry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 11,275 → 21,082. 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Perry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 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 16,933 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Perry Township works
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 28% of U.S. towns, #407 of 593 in Indiana. 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 19,497 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 5% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 3.8% 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.
How Perry Township ranks: 43rd of 1,064 U.S. towns of 28,000 to 53,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 26 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 41 | Shrewsbury MA | 39,627 | $139K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| 42 | Potomac MD | 45,902 | $237K | 3.9% | 3.6% | 8% | A+ |
| 43 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 16% | A+ |
| 44 | Valley Stream NY | 40,379 | $133K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| 45 | Germantown TN | 40,001 | $150K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 161 | Brownsburg IN | 34,089 | $102K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 11% | A |
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| 173 | Lincoln Township IN | 39,284 | $103K | 7.6% | 1.8% | 10% | A |
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| 1,064 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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.
61% of Perry Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | A+ | C | 21 min | $112,479 |
| Eel River Township | 2% | A | D | 21 min | $99,966 |
| Fort Wayne | 57% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $61,422 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B | A− | 21 min | $67,489 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $80,568 |
| Cedar Creek Township | under 2% | A | C | 23 min | $112,286 |
| Huntertown | 2% | A+ | C− | 21 min | $109,432 |
| St. Joseph Township | under 2% | B | B | 22 min | $72,566 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Wayne. 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?
$112,479 (±$5,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
3.4%, 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. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (57%, 9 mi), Indianapolis (3%, 113 mi), Huntertown (2%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 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 4% 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), 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.