Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPerry Township has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 2,706 people commute in to work
Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns. Employers in Perry Township report 2,798 jobs, and 1,419 of its residents work somewhere. Perry Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Perry Township stands out on work
Perry Township is where the jobs are
Perry Township has 2,798 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,700 people are in town, 41% more than the 3,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Perry Township and Lima trade workers both ways
Lima is the top workplace for Perry Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Perry Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Perry Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 25% of Perry Township’s own working residents. 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.
Inside Perry Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Perry Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #874 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Perry Township’s grade up (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,371, U.S. $80,734).
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 1,327 residents head out to work and 92 work right here.
About 4,700 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Perry Township’s workers come from
Where Perry Township clocks in
25% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Perry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,405 → 2,798. 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 19 minutes from Perry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perry Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,166 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
How far Perry Township goes to work
About 23% 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.
Getting around Perry Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perry Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #851 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,285 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). 4.7% of Perry Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Perry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Perry Township is 3,585th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,583 | Shady Spring WV | 3,381 | $67K | 13.8% | 5.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,584 | Northern Cambria PA | 3,399 | $55K | 29.2% | 3.2% | 15% | C− |
| 3,585 | Perry Township OH | 3,341 | $53K | 18.3% | 5.1% | 6% | C− |
| 3,586 | Loris SC | 2,935 | $37K | 23.0% | 3.4% | 12% | C− |
| 3,587 | Dayton WA | 2,538 | $71K | 11.9% | 5.1% | 38% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Ohio.
Perry Township and its neighbors: 32% work next door
The biggest share goes to Lima (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | C− | D | 19 min | $53,371 |
| Lima | 25% | D | B+ | 17 min | $46,240 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B | C− | 20 min | $83,649 |
| Bath Township | 7% | C+ | C+ | 17 min | $62,500 |
| Auglaize Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 26 min | $82,159 |
| Westminster | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Westminster: 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?
$53,371 (±$11,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
18.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lima (25%, 6 mi), Bath Township (7%, 7 mi), Shawnee Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.