Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Perry Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
36 jobs are based in Perry Township; 716 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Perry Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Perry Township: the figures worth knowing
Perry Township is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Perry Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Perry Township has about 1,300 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Perry Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Perry Township is Columbus, 45 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (92) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 716 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Perry Township
Job access by car holds Perry Township’s grade up (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (45.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Perry Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Perry Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
The workday shuffle in and out of Perry Township
On a workday 712 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Perry Township, by distance
About 24% 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.
13% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Perry Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Perry Township: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 36. 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Perry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 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 765 commuters (the 12% 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.
Driving is how Perry Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 2.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 868 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). 28.2% of Perry Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Perry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Perry Township is 4,877th among 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,875 | Avena Township IL | 1,875 | $51K | 20.0% | 5.6% | 13% | D |
| 4,876 | Union Township IN | 1,600 | $31K | 14.3% | 4.2% | 5% | D |
| 4,877 | Perry Township OH | 2,014 | $54K | 45.2% | 1.6% | 1% | D |
| 4,878 | Nice CA | 2,569 | $52K | 16.0% | 6.0% | 12% | D |
| 4,879 | Dudley NC | 2,305 | $42K | 35.3% | 0.7% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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.
Next door to Perry Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | D | B− | 27 min | $54,424 |
| Congress Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 32 min | $85,398 |
| Troy Township | under 2% | D | B− | 18 min | $52,734 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C | B | 25 min | $79,485 |
| Middlebury Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 33 min | $66,458 |
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?
$54,424 (±$12,433) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
45.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (13%, 45 mi), Mansfield (8%, 14 mi), Mount Gilead (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 28% 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.