Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town was settled in 1816 and has 13,783 residents today.
Where it does best is schools: its public schools beat 86% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. Health is another plus (A−) — residents are healthier than nearly four in five U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What counts against it is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $274K, 4.2 years of the Toledo metro’s $65K median household income. Overall, that makes a B+, good for 409th of 987 in Ohio. That leaves it better than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns. Perrysburg Township is home to Owens Community College. The town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them East River Road Historic District II and East River Road Historic District I. 40% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, above both Ohio’s towns (24%) and U.S. towns (29%).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Perrysburg Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Penta Satellite | 1–12 | — |
Census counts: 182 in 1830, 25,041 in 2020. The archive holds 26 old photos and papers going back to 1840 and 5 maps from 1900 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Perrysburg Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Perrysburg Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Perrysburg Township.
Perrysburg Township draws workers from Toledo and beyond, has less food insecurity than most of Ohio and pairs an A for schools with high home prices.
13,792 jobs are based in Perrysburg Township, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Since 2013, Perrysburg Township has added 1,354 jobs, to 13,792 in 2023. The town’s mean commuting time comes in at 20 minutes. Half commute less than 8 miles. The top destinations are Toledo (24%), Perrysburg (8%) and Maumee (5%).
| Perrysburg Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 12% | 9.7% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
That grade comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $274K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penta SatelliteLargest public high schoolGrades 1–12 | Grades 1–12 | – | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 8.8% of its 32,621 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
The share of adults in Perrysburg Township who say their health is fair or poor: 15%. Just over one in ten adults in Perrysburg Township smoke cigarettes; 21% get no exercise outside work.
| Perrysburg Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Perrysburg Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 14.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.9% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Perrysburg Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 22 of 100. Expected losses in Perrysburg Township break down as 60% from inland flooding and 19% from tornadoes. Flood insurance has paid one claim here since 2015.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
There are 7.4 miles of trail across 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Sawyer Quarry Nature Preserve, at 59 acres. Perrysburg Township’s trail density stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Perrysburg Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. W W Knight Nature Preserve | 1.6 mi | 54 |
| 2. Sawyer Quarry Nature Preserve | — | 59 |
| 3. Buttonwood-Betty C Black Recreation Area | — | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Violent crime is rare: 5 reported in 2025, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
For Perrysburg Township, the violent offense rate is 0.4 per 1,000 residents. The rate of thefts and burglaries locally is 10.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Perrysburg Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.1 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A winter brings about 21 inches of snow, with January nights at 20° and July afternoons at 85°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Just over a fifth of Perrysburg Township residents are 65 or older. Its age of the median resident is 40.2 years.
| Perrysburg Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 24% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Perrysburg Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.4% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.8% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Perrysburg Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi MuseumToledo Museum of Art340K visitors a year
6 mi Zoo & aquariumToledo Zoo
4 mi LandmarkFort Meigs
9 mi MuseumImagination Station
9 mi MuseumNational Museum of the Great Lakes
28 mi National park siteRiver Raisin National Battlefield Park134K visitors a yearToledo Museum of Art: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toledo Zoo: DreamingKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Meigs: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Imagination Station: MrJacon000, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of the Great Lakes: MrJacon000, CC BY-SA 4.0 · River Raisin National Battlefield Park: Notorious4life (talk), Public domain
7 within 15 miles of the center of Perrysburg Township
About 7 of every 100 Perrysburg Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
City in Ohio, United States
Perrysburg is a city in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,041 at the 2020 census. The city is along the south side of the Maumee River about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Toledo and is part of the Toledo metropolitan area. Perrysburg was surveyed and platted by a federal survey team in the summer of 1816. It served as the county seat from 1822 to 1868. A local legend has held that it was designed by noted architect Charles Pierre L'Enfant, after he planned Washington, DC, but this has not been supported by fact.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
10 towns share a border with Perrysburg Township.
Rossford next door grades lower for schools (B− to Perrysburg Township’s A) and higher for cost of living (B− to C−).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perrysburg Township | #409 | B+ | C− | B+ | A | A− |
| Perrysburg | #66 | A | C− | A | A | A |
| Rossford | #441 | B | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Maumee | #279 | B+ | C+ | C | A | A− |
| Toledo | #969 | D | B+ | D− | C | D |
| Northwood | #470 | B | B | — | B | B− |
| Lake Township | #610 | B− | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Middleton Township | #542 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
Rossford, Northwood, Lake Township and Middleton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Perrysburg Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Perrysburg Township grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #409 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health, B+ for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
