With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Perry Township works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Perry Township for work; outside it, Punxsutawney is the main destination (12%, 5 miles). 97 jobs are based in Perry Township; 434 of its residents have a job. Perry Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Perry Township stands out on work
The four measures behind Perry Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Perry Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Perry Township’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.7%) 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 C− to B.
Who works in Perry Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 427 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 places Perry Township commutes to
Where Perry Township clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Making and building: 48% of jobs based in Perry Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 97. 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 28 minutes from Perry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 495 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% 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 Perry Township goes to work
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.
Most of Perry Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perry Township is more walkable than 38% 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 540 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). 1.6% of Perry Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Perry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Perry Township is 2,031st of 4,312 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,029 | Grafton NH | 1,411 | $82K | 7.7% | 4.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,030 | Almond NY | 1,506 | $85K | 10.4% | 2.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,031 | Perry Township PA | 1,217 | $72K | 7.5% | 6.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,032 | Walls MS | 1,420 | $59K | 16.2% | 1.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,033 | Lima WI | 1,279 | $65K | 11.7% | 1.6% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 15% of Perry Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Young Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | C+ | C+ | 28 min | $72,426 |
| Young Township | 9% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $60,795 |
| North Mahoning Township | under 2% | D− | B− | 28 min | $55,469 |
| Oliver Township | 6% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oliver Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$72,426 (±$15,153) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Punxsutawney (12%, 5 mi), Brookville (11%, 16 mi), Young Township (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% 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. 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.