Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 17.5%, unemployment in Perry Township is among the highest of any U.S. town
Only 6% work in Perry Township itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (9%, 36 miles). Jobs and income earn Perry Township D; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Perry Township is behind 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Perry Township
Perry Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Perry Township is Columbus, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (63) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Perry Township is a place people come home to
There are 216 jobs based in Perry Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Perry Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical 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 724 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Perry Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Perry Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Perry Township’s grade up ($59,229, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perry Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The distance from Perry Township to work
About 20% 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.
Who works in Perry Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 680 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
About 32 minutes to work from Perry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 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 666 commuters (the 19% 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.
The places Perry Township commutes to
Where Perry Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Perry Township works in goods: 31% of its jobs
216 jobs are based in Perry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 254 → 216. 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.
Most of Perry Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perry Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Perry Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 822 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). 2.6% 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.
How Perry Township compares with U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,018 | New Albion NY | 1,925 | $61K | 23.0% | 9.7% | 3% | D |
| 5,019 | York Township OH | 2,241 | $57K | 19.2% | 4.3% | 4% | D |
| 5,020 | Perry Township OH | 2,356 | $59K | 16.3% | 17.5% | 6% | D |
| 5,021 | Wray CO | 2,352 | $57K | 17.5% | 0.5% | 37% | D |
| 5,022 | Audubon IA | 1,989 | $40K | 14.4% | 2.4% | 35% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
How Perry Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Laurelville (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | D | D | 32 min | $59,229 |
| Saltcreek Township | under 2% | B | C | 32 min | $73,317 |
| Laurel Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 51 min | $64,271 |
| Salt Creek Township | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $45,972 |
| Laurelville | 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Adelphi | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 34 min | $94,653 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $93,833 |
| Clearcreek Township | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $97,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Laurelville and Adelphi: 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?
$59,229 (±$14,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
16.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (9%, 36 mi), Lancaster (8%, 15 mi), Pickaway Township (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.