Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPerry Township’s household incomes are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
Perry Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 24.2% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.3% across Ohio. 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Perry Township apart on work
Perry Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Perry Township went from 968 in 2013 to 1,526 in 2023, +58%. The jobs ↓
Few Perry Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Perry Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Perry Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #838 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Perry Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perry Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Factories, building and farms: 30% of the jobs in Perry Township
1,526 jobs are based in Perry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 968 → 1,526. 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.
Commuting from Perry Township: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 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 2,495 commuters (the 4% 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.
Perry Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,412 residents head out to work, 203 work right here, and 1,323 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
15% of working residents work in Huntington
Where Perry Township clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Perry Township
About 26% 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.
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 22% of U.S. towns, #763 of 993 in Ohio. 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 2,610 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). 7.0% of Perry Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Perry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Perry Township is 2,543rd of 3,297 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,541 | Richmond MO | 5,968 | $60K | 16.3% | 3.6% | 23% | C |
| 2,542 | Windsor NY | 5,648 | $73K | 11.1% | 8.9% | 10% | C |
| 2,543 | Perry Township OH | 6,243 | $56K | 24.2% | 2.5% | 8% | C |
| 2,544 | Ettrick VA | 5,910 | $58K | 12.9% | 16.6% | 2% | C |
| 2,545 | Garden City Township KS | 5,667 | $84K | 12.9% | 9.5% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,297 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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
The biggest share goes to South Point (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | C | C− | 21 min | $56,484 |
| Fayette Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 22 min | $58,302 |
| Upper Township | under 2% | D | B | 22 min | $48,548 |
| South Point | 5% | B | B+ | 23 min | $80,341 |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | D | D− | 25 min | $65,904 |
| Coal Grove | 2% | C− | A | 20 min | $61,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$56,484 (±$14,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
24.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntington (15%, 10 mi), Ashland (10%, 4 mi), Ironton (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.