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A town of 4,729.
Perry Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $257K, 3.2 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades B overall, 473rd among Ohio's 987 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $99K. Perry Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, against 24 minutes in Ohio’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Perry Township has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Ursuline Center and Thumann Log House.
Where Perry Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Perry Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1917 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Perry 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 Perry Township.
Perry Township sends most of its workers to Cincinnati and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Perry Township has 329 jobs for its 2,046 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 36.8 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Most working residents leave Perry Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Perry Township has lost 61 jobs, to 329 in 2023. 5.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Perry Township.
| Perry Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $99,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Fayetteville-Perry Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville-Perry Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 345 | B |
| Fayetteville-Perry High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 204 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Against the 8,762 U.S. towns with household incomes like Perry Township’s, it is less healthy than 92%, so it trails even them.
Perry Township beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 40% of Perry Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Perry Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Perry Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.2% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Perry Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Perry Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Perry Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Della Gates & Edward Charles Bott Wildlife Area | 0.2 mi | 148 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Perry Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
29 mi MountainSerpent Mound
32 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
32 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Serpent Mound: The British Library, No restrictions · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Perry Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Perry Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
3 places in Perry Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,674 people in the township.
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6 towns share a border with Perry Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | #473 | B | A− | — | B | C |
| Dodson Township | #460 | B | A− | — | A− | C− |
| Salem Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | #417 | B+ | A | — | B+ | C |
| Wayne Township | #484 | B | A | — | B | C |
| Green Township | #895 | C− | B+ | — | B | D |
| Sterling Township | #702 | C+ | A− | — | B | C− |
Perry Township, Dodson Township, Jackson Township, Wayne Township, Green Township and Sterling Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Salem Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Perry Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Perry Township grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #473 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
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