How Perrysville works: jobs, income and commuting
For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%. Only 3% work in Perrysville; the top destination outside it is Ashland (17%, 14 miles). The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Perrysville stands out on work
Perrysville makes and builds things
84% of the jobs based in Perrysville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Perrysville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Perrysville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Perrysville fell from 892 in 2013 to 440 in 2023, −51%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Perrysville workers work from home
Only 3% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 281 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A place that makes things: 84% of Perrysville’s jobs are in goods
440 jobs are based in Perrysville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perrysville, 2013 → 2023: 892 → 440. 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 Perrysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Perrysville: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perrysville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 350 commuters (the 3% 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 many people are in Perrysville by day
On a workday 272 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 431 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Perrysville on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Perrysville, and from where
Where Perrysville clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
How far it is to work from Perrysville
About 22% 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.
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 Perrysville: questions
What is the median household income in Perrysville?
$54,125 (±$18,236) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perrysville?
18.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perrysville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perrysville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (17%, 14 mi), Mansfield (9%, 14 mi), Wooster (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Perrysville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Perrysville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perrysville
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.