Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Perry Township works elsewhere
Only 6% work in Perry Township; the top destination outside it is Hermitage (5%, 16 miles). There are 233 jobs in Perry Township; 437 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Perry Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Perry Township
On income, poverty and job access, Perry Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Perry Township’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.4%) 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−.
Perry Township by day and by night
On a workday 411 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Perry Township on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Perry Township: the destinations
Where Perry Township clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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: 30% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry Township, 2014 → 2024: 228 → 233. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Perry Township takes about 28 minutes
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 442 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 many miles Perry Township commutes
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Perry Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Perry Township is more walkable than 22% 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 482 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). 2.3% 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.
Perry Township is 2,910th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,908 | Castleton-on-Hudson NY | 1,463 | $52K | 14.1% | 19.1% | 4% | C |
| 2,909 | Greenwood Township MN | 1,030 | $89K | 11.6% | 3.6% | 18% | C |
| 2,910 | Perry Township PA | 1,297 | $60K | 7.2% | 3.4% | 6% | C |
| 2,911 | New Shoreham RI | 1,408 | $83K | 9.4% | 9.9% | 59% | C |
| 2,912 | Chapman KS | 1,380 | $72K | 11.2% | 4.2% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Sandy Creek Township (3%).
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 | $60,250 |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| New Vernon Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Otter Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Sandy Creek Township | 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview Township, New Vernon Township, Otter Creek Township and Sandy Creek 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 2024, 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?
$60,250 (±$12,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry Township?
7.2%, 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?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (5%, 16 mi), Greenville (4%, 8 mi), Vernon Township (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Perry Township walkable?
Perry Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% 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), 2024, 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.