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Perkins Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $224K, 3.1 years of the Sandusky metro’s $74K median household income. It grades B− overall, 598th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 85% of the country. On the plus side, the median household earns $77K. On civic life, just 69 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. Perkins Township’s average trip to work is 17 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Perkins Township has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility and Erie County Infirmary.
Where Perkins Township beats most towns.
Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility
Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,878 in 1880, 12,390 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1904 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Perkins Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Perkins Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Theme parkCedar Point3.8M visitors a year3 mi Theme parkCastaway Bay
19 mi National MemorialPerry's Victory and International Peace Memorial124K visitors a year
19 mi CaveCrystal Cave
26 mi MuseumAllen Memorial Art Museum12 mi Zoo & aquariumAfrican Safari Wildlife ParkCedar Point: Larry Pieniazek, User:Lar, en:User:Lar (primary), CC BY 2.5 · Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: NPS Photo, Public domain · Crystal Cave: Analogue Kid at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Allen Memorial Art Museum: Daderot, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Perkins Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Perkins Township.
Perkins Township draws workers from Sandusky and beyond and has seen reported crime fall beyond ordinary swings, but it has little public open land.
9,007 jobs are based in Perkins Township, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 16.8 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Most working residents leave Perkins Township for work: only 18% work in town. 5.7% of Perkins Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Sandusky (22%), Margaretta Township (4%) and Norwalk (3%).
| Perkins Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 18% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 6.4% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Perkins Local school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furry Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 495 | – |
| Perkins High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 539 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
16% of adults have diabetes in Perkins Township. Perkins Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 43% of adults have high blood pressure in Perkins Township.
| Perkins Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Perkins Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 18.3% | 14.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.7% | 8.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 62 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Perkins Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Reported crimes fell from 337 to 278 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Perkins Township is 21.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Perkins Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 21.5 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Perkins Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Perkins Township’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Perkins Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 24% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Perkins Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.3% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.1% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Just 60 of its 16,490 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Perkins Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.0 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Strikfaden Park, at 28 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Strikfaden Park | — | 28 |
| 2. Pelton Park | — | 18 |
| 3. Fairview Lanes Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Perkins Township
About 3 of every 100 Perkins Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Where Perkins Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 places in Perkins Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Perkins Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census the population was 12,390.
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5 towns share a border with Perkins Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins Township | #598 | B− | B | C | B | C− |
| Oxford Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Margaretta Township | #699 | C+ | B+ | — | B | C− |
| Sandusky | #885 | C− | A− | C− | C | D− |
| Huron Township | #206 | A− | B | — | A | B |
| Bloomingville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Oxford Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oxford Township, Margaretta Township and Huron Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Bloomingville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Perkins Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Perkins Township grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #598 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health, C for safety and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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