Work & commute · Perkins

Work & commute in Perkins, OH

Most working residents leave Perkins for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (22%), Margaretta (4%) and Norwalk (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

986 of 5,594 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,608 Perkins residents head out of town to work, 986 work right here, and 8,021 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perkins.

4,608live here, work elsewhere

986live and work here

8,021work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perkins goes to work

Sandusky4.3 mi away

22%1,252

Perkins (in town)right here

18%986

Margaretta7.4 mi away

4%247

Norwalk11.3 mi away

3%172

Huron6.8 mi away

3%145

Toledo49.6 mi away

2%135

Huron5.5 mi away

2%135

Cleveland52.8 mi away

2%95

Columbus98.6 mi away

1%81

Fremont22 mi away

1%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,268

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Perkins commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

52%

14%

12%

22%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perkins is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Perkins are

9,007 jobs are based in Perkins. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perkins’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Perkins

9,007 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Perkins residents hold

5,594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−4%

Jobs based in Perkins, 2013 → 2023: 9,401 → 9,007. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.