Perry HeightsOH
A town of 8,756.
Is Perry Heights a good place to live?
Perry Heights gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $167K, 2.5 years of the Canton metro’s $68K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 320th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 81% of the country. On the plus side, its public schools beat 78% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. On hazard risk, just 57 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Perry Heights’ trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, above both Ohio’s towns (0.2) and U.S. towns (0.4). On the outdoors, just 58 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better.
What makes Perry Heights stand out
Where Perry Heights beats most towns.
3 miles of trails in Perry Heights
9.8% of the town is conserved land, across 4 parks and preserves.
How Perry Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Perry Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Pro Football Hall of Fame and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Perry Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
21 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
4 mi Stadium & arenaTom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
4 mi LandmarkMcKinley National Memorial
38 mi Theme parkSeaWorld Ohio
4 mi MuseumWilliam McKinley Presidential Library and MuseumPhoto credits
Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium: Harrier233 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · McKinley National Memorial: CoolRockC, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SeaWorld Ohio: Jeremy Thompson from Los Angeles, California, CC BY 2.0 · William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum: Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Perry Heights: who provides what
Perry Heights is unincorporated, so Stark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Perry Heights.
Conserved land covers 9.8% of Perry Heights
That puts Perry Heights above both the Ohio town median (3.7%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). 2.9 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Sippo Lake Park, 112 acres with 1.7 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sippo Lake Park | 1.7 mi | 112 |
| 2. Perry Park | 0.4 mi | 12 |
| 3. Meredith Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Very low risk in Perry Heights, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Perry Heights.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For health, Perry Heights earns a C−
19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Perry Heights. Perry Heights beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 41% of adults have obesity in Perry Heights.
| Perry Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Perry Heights | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.2% | 15.3% |
| More smokers | 18.6% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.5% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Perry Heights has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Perry Heights for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Perry Heights is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Perry Heights has added 99 jobs, to 1,540 in 2023.
| Perry Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $62,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 12% | 9.7% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Perry Heights, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Perry Heights has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 47 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Perry Heights sells for about $215K at the median
At 2.5 years of the Canton metro’s $68K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 78% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
69% of Perry Heights households own their home.
| Perry Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 69% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $930 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Perry Heights
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Perry Heights
About 3 of every 100 Perry Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
97% of working residents leave Perry Heights for work
Where Perry Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Perry Heights
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Perry Heights is a census-designated place in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,391 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,099 ft
Perry Heights’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Perry Heights.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Heights | #320 | B+ | B | — | A− | C− |
| Perry Township | #353 | B+ | B | B | A− | C− |
| Massillon | #752 | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ | D |
Perry Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Perry Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Perry Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Perry Heights, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Perry Heights grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #320 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C− for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Perry Heights, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $167,000, 32% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.