Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Perry Township works elsewhere
Employers in Perry Township report 232 jobs, against 738 working residents. Jobs and income earn Perry Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C. Home is the office for 1% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Perry Township, in a few figures
Perry Township and Fostoria trade workers both ways
Fostoria is the top workplace for Perry Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Perry Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Perry Township workers work from home
Only 1% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 738 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Perry Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Perry Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Perry Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Perry Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Perry Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
20% of working residents work in Fostoria
Where Perry Township clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Perry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 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 701 commuters (the 1% 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 daily flow of workers through Perry Township
On a workday 729 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 76% of the jobs in Perry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2014 → 2024: 244 → 232. 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.
How far Perry Township’s workers travel
About 17% 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 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 34% 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 709 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). 2.3% 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.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Perry Township comes 2,102nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
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| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,100 | Lodi Township OH | 1,356 | $90K | 6.5% | 0.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,101 | Pusheta Township OH | 1,235 | $86K | 10.5% | 1.7% | 6% | B− |
| 2,102 | Perry Township OH | 1,590 | $68K | 5.9% | 1.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,103 | Bayou Country Club LA | 1,497 | $112K | 17.8% | 2.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,104 | Unity Township IL | 1,395 | $81K | 6.7% | 10.7% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 is work for 20% of Perry Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | B− | C | 27 min | $67,868 |
| Fostoria | 20% | C− | B+ | 23 min | $54,151 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | B− | C | 28 min | $75,917 |
| Bloom Township | under 2% | B− | D | 22 min | $74,000 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 22 min | $76,169 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fostoria. 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?
$67,868 (±$30,396) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
5.9%, 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. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fostoria (20%, 5 mi), Findlay (13%, 14 mi), Bowling Green (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 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 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.