Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Perrysburg earn more than those in 84% of U.S. towns
Perrysburg grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Poverty touches 4.1% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. About one in seven work in Perrysburg; the top destination outside it is Toledo (27%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Perrysburg
Perrysburg trades workers with the towns around it
Perrysburg has about as many jobs (12,242) as working residents (11,666), but they are mostly different people: 10,147 residents leave for work each day while 10,723 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Perrysburg are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Perrysburg and Toledo trade workers both ways
Toledo is the top workplace for Perrysburg residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Perrysburg come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Where Perrysburg’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Perrysburg is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #153 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perrysburg could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
In and out of Perrysburg on a workday
On a workday 10,147 residents head out to work, 1,519 work right here, and 10,723 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Perrysburg work
Where Perrysburg clocks in
27% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Perrysburg
12,242 jobs are based in Perrysburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perrysburg, 2013 → 2023: 9,356 → 12,242. 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 Perrysburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Perrysburg: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perrysburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,342 commuters (the 19% 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.
How far Perrysburg goes to work
About 16% 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 Perrysburg commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perrysburg is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #450 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,702 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 5.0% of Perrysburg households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Perrysburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Perrysburg is 329th among 1,516 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 4 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Genoa Township OH | 27,720 | $177K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 327 | Oconomowoc WI | 20,119 | $106K | 7.7% | 2.2% | 15% | A |
| 328 | Lake Shore MD | 18,249 | $131K | 6.4% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| 329 | Perrysburg OH | 25,441 | $112K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 13% | A |
| 330 | Grafton MA | 21,043 | $131K | 6.3% | 3.6% | 8% | A |
| 331 | Rockaway Township NJ | 27,728 | $142K | 4.0% | 5.5% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Perrysburg, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Perrysburg compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Perrysburg Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perrysburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perrysburg | – | A | B− | 19 min | $111,643 |
| Perrysburg Township | 5% | B | C | 20 min | $73,988 |
| Middleton Township | under 2% | A− | D | 21 min | $121,419 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Perrysburg’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 Perrysburg: questions
What is the median household income in Perrysburg?
$111,643 (±$10,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perrysburg?
4.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perrysburg?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perrysburg work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (27%, 9 mi), Perrysburg Township (5%, 3 mi), Bowling Green (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perrysburg walkable?
Perrysburg is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perrysburg without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Perrysburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perrysburg
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.