Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPerry Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Perry Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C. 92 jobs are based in Perry Township, against 828 working residents. Only 1% work in Perry Township itself; outside it, Ellwood City draws the most (11%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Perry Township in brief
Jobs & income in Perry Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Perry Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Perry Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (6.1%) 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 B− to A−.
Perry Township by day and by night
On a workday 819 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Out of Perry Township to work: where people go
Where Perry Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
Perry Township makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 92. 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.
Commuting from Perry Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 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 751 commuters (the 16% 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.
Where in the region Perry Township works
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.
In Perry Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perry Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 898 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). 1.3% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Perry Township is 1,228th among 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 34 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,226 | Pierce NE | 1,849 | $71K | 4.9% | 0.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,227 | Springfield NH | 1,306 | $101K | 3.4% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,228 | Perry Township PA | 1,809 | $87K | 7.7% | 6.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,229 | Plumcreek Township PA | 2,041 | $88K | 4.2% | 3.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,230 | Garfield WI | 1,775 | $99K | 4.5% | 0.8% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
How Perry Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Township | – | B+ | C | 23 min | $86,576 |
| Slippery Rock Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $78,583 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | B− | C | 27 min | $74,375 |
| Ellport | under 2% | B+ | B | 26 min | $74,625 |
| Franklin Township | 3% | B | C | 27 min | $82,917 |
| Frisco | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Frisco: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. 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?
$86,576 (±$7,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
7.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellwood City (11%, 4 mi), Cranberry Township (6%, 14 mi), New Castle (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 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 1% 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.