Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Perry Township works elsewhere
435 jobs are based in Perry Township for 2,605 working residents. Perry Township grades B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 4% work in Perry Township; the top destination outside it is Dayton (14%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Perry Township, in brief
Perry Township is a place people come home to
There are 435 jobs based in Perry Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Perry Township has about 3,700 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Perry Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Perry Township went from 306 in 2014 to 435 in 2024, +42%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
Where Perry Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Perry Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #423 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Perry Township’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perry Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Perry Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,504 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Perry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2014 → 2024: 306 → 435. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Perry Township: the destinations
Where Perry Township clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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 trip to work from Perry Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 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 2,287 commuters (the 16% 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 commute from Perry Township, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Perry Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perry Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #981 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 2,723 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% 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.
Perry Township is 1,332nd of 3,494 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 8,000 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 27 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
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| 1,330 | Stony Creek Township IN | 4,196 | $79K | 7.3% | 4.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,331 | Greene ME | 4,551 | $98K | 13.9% | 0.1% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,332 | Perry Township OH | 5,908 | $76K | 12.6% | 2.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,333 | Olympia Fields IL | 4,593 | $124K | 13.7% | 5.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,334 | Sunset Beach NC | 4,642 | $82K | 5.7% | 0.7% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,494 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | 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.
Around Perry Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | B+ | D− | 23 min | $76,364 |
| Clay Township | under 3% | B | B | 24 min | $75,531 |
| Twin Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 30 min | $71,563 |
| Trotwood | under 3% | C− | A | 25 min | $50,113 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $77,199 |
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 2024, 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?
$76,364 (±$12,260) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
12.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (14%, 12 mi), Brookville (8%, 4 mi), Kettering (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 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 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 2024, 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.