Work & commute · Perry Heights

Work & commute in Perry Heights, OH

Most working residents leave Perry Heights for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (17%), Jackson (13%) and Massillon (9%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

129 of 3,787 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,658 Perry Heights residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 1,411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry Heights.

3,658live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

1,411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry Heights goes to work

Canton5.4 mi away

17%651

Jackson4.5 mi away

13%489

Massillon3.1 mi away

9%332

Akron19.7 mi away

6%218

Perry1.9 mi away

3%132

Perry Heights (in town)right here

3%129

Plain7.3 mi away

3%111

North Canton6.4 mi away

3%107

Green10.7 mi away

2%92

Canton6.5 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,449

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

How far

How far Perry Heights commutes

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

60%

18%

10%

12%

60%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry Heights is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry Heights are

1,540 jobs are based in Perry Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perry Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Perry Heights

1,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Perry Heights residents hold

3,787 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+7%

Jobs based in Perry Heights, 2013 → 2023: 1,441 → 1,540. 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.