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Perkins township, Erie County, OH

12,446 Population
25.8 square miles 482.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Erie County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,054 ±$3,644 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Erie County: $40,578 ±$1,847
  • a little higher than the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,659 ±$4,703 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Erie County: $71,993 ±$3,166
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.7% ±1.7% (674  ±198) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 13% † 9,494 (±1.3% / ±960)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.8 minutes ±1.5 (93,165  ±10,050) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Erie County: 21.5 718,215 (±0.9 / ±36,858)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,971 ±277 Number of households
  • Erie County: 32,482 ±572
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (11,822  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.2 72,078 (±0 / ±149)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±3.6% (119  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 5.9% † 889 (±1.6% / ±243)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,562 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 38,534 ±86
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$224,300 ±$11,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $199,700 ±$6,490
  • a little higher than the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±2.2% (908  ±275.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Erie County: 10.3% † 7,630 (±1.5% / ±1,098.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±6.9% (8,386  ±666.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 93.2% 50,326 (±3% / ±1,632.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.6% ±4.4% (2,823  ±401.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 29% 15,685 (±1.9% / ±1,023)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±0.8% (185  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Erie County: 2.1% 1,595
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±2.6% (993  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Erie County: 7.6% 4,548 (±0.7% / ±434)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
993 Total veterans ±261 898 Male ±248 95 Female ±87

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