Perrysburg’s household incomes are lower than in 70% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home (New York 15%). 19.5% of residents are in poverty, next to 14.0% for New York as a whole. Perrysburg grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Perrysburg apart on work
A lot of Perrysburg works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Perrysburg: Persia (13%) and Collins (12%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Perrysburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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 519 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Perrysburg: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Perrysburg is better than 15% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Perrysburg’s grade.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Perrysburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Perrysburg could be anywhere from D to C.
The trip to work from Perrysburg: 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 Perrysburg workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 543 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Perrysburg
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Perrysburg on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.64 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 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Persia
Where Perrysburg clocks in
13% of workers
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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Perrysburg
334 jobs are based in Perrysburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perrysburg, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 334. 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 Perrysburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Perrysburg commutes
About 18% 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 of Perrysburg commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perrysburg is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 574 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 7.6% of Perrysburg households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Perrysburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Perrysburg is 4,768th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 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+ |
| 4 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 5 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,766 | Booker TX | 1,379 | $69K | 15.1% | 5.4% | 22% | C− |
| 4,767 | Falls Township KS | 1,065 | $52K | 9.4% | 1.4% | 24% | C− |
| 4,768 | Perrysburg NY | 1,483 | $62K | 19.5% | 5.2% | 6% | C− |
| 4,769 | Perry Township OH | 1,325 | $70K | 20.0% | 7.3% | 2% | C− |
| 4,770 | South Creek Township PA | 1,106 | $57K | 17.1% | 8.1% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Perrysburg, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns next door employ 25% of Perrysburg
The biggest share goes to Persia (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perrysburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perrysburg | – | C− | C+ | 25 min | $62,333 |
| Collins | 12% | C | C | 24 min | $60,905 |
| Dayton | under 3% | D | C+ | 35 min | $68,553 |
| Hanover | under 3% | C | B | 27 min | $71,563 |
| Persia | 13% | D | B+ | 27 min | $54,495 |
| Gowanda | under 3% | C− | A | 21 min | $51,828 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Perrysburg’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 Perrysburg: questions
What is the median household income in Perrysburg?
$62,333 (±$12,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perrysburg?
19.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perrysburg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perrysburg work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Persia (13%, 7 mi), Collins (12%, 8 mi), Hamburg (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perrysburg walkable?
Perrysburg is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perrysburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Perrysburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perrysburg
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.