Geographic, Demographic & Government Information

Location:

• 201 W. Indiana Avenue, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551-1582
• 419-872-8060 
• Northern Wood County, Ohio, on the Maumee River
• www.ci.perrysburg.oh.us

Nearest Major Cities & Distances:

• To Toledo - 8 miles north
• To Detroit - 65 miles north
• To Cleveland - 115 miles east
• To Chicago - 200 miles west

Major Highways & Interchanges:

• Interstate 75, 475 & 80/90 (Ohio Turnpike)
• US Route 20 & 23
• State Route 25, 65, 199 & 795

Size: 11.5 Square Miles

Population: Current 19,000

• 2000 Census - 16,945
• 2009 Census - 21,473

Census Tract: 206

Type of Government: Mayor-Council

Police Protection: Full-time staff consisting of chief, two lieutenants, five sergeants, two detectives, twenty-one patrol officers, six communication officers, one secretary and one animal control officer. Average response time for all calls is 3 minutes .05 seconds.

Fire Protection: Full-time staff consisting of chief, deputy chief, three assistant chiefs, one fire safety inspector, fifteen firefighter/paramedics, two 8-hour firefighter/paramedics, plus twenty volunteer firefighters. EMS & fire call incidents average response time is 4 minutes.

Fire Insurance Rating: 4

Utilities, Transportation & Infrastructure Information

Electric Power Supplier: Toledo Edison

Natural Gas Supplier: Columbia Gas, The Waterville Gas Company (www.watervillegas.com)

Water Service: City of Perrysburg, 211 East Boundary Street

• Water source - Lake Erie, supplied by City of Toledo
• Treatment Type: Lime-Soda Softening
• Maximum Daily Send Out - 6.21 million gallons
• Average Daily Send Out - 2.66 million gallons
• Storage Capacity: 3 water tanks - 2 million gallons; 2 underground resevoirs - 2 million gallons

Sewage Treatment Supplier: City of Perrysburg, 1 West Boundary Street

• Treatment Facility - Activated Sludge Plant, Class III Facility (per OEPA)
• Design Population - 23,000
• Design Flow - 5.4 mgd
• Average Daily Flow - 4.32 mgd
• Peak Daily Flow - 11.4 mgd
• Maximum Wet Weather - 13.5 mgd

Communications:

• Local Telephone Service - SBC, Buckeye and AT&T
• Long Distance Service - Equal access area
• Cable - Buckeye Cablesystem / Time Warner / AT&T
• Fiber Optics Capability - Extensive fiber infrastructure in place throughout the area.

Transportation:

• Truck Lines - Area included in Toledo Trucking Zone, served by about 100 trucking companies.
• Major Airports - Toledo Express (10 miles west), Detroit Metro (60 miles north)
• Local Airports - Metcalf Field (6 miles east), Wood County Airport (11 miles south)
• Runway Length (Metcalf) - 4,225 ft. & 3665 ft. lighted and paved
• Railroads - CSX
• Public Transportation - Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA)
• Nearest Water Port - Port of Toledo, 7 miles north
• Parcel Service - United Parcel Service, Fed Ex, DHL Express
• Street Miles - 98.81

Education, Recreation & Medical Services Information

Public Schools: Perrysburg Exempted Village School District

• Curriculum consists of pre-vocational, career based instruction, college and technical preparatory. Advanced placement courses and honors courses offered in 22 classes
• Perrysburg High School - 1,461 pupils, 20/1 pupil/teacher ratio Perrysburg Junior High - 1,044 pupils, 1511 pupil/teacher ratio
• Elementary Schools - four with a total of 2,005 pupils, 22/1 pupil/teacher ratio
• Awarded State Excellent Rating - achieving eighteen out of eighteen indicators (one of just twenty-eight districts in State)
• College courses offered on site and/or at local colleges and universities for both high school and college credit through the Post Secondary Option.
• Educational options are available: Perrysburg Digital Academy, an online charter school; five core subject areas; nine specialty areas; and 128 course offerings

Parochial Schools: St. Rose School

• Elementary School (grades K-8) - 444 pupils, 22/1 pupil/teacher ratio
• Pre-school (3-4 year olds) - 109 pupils, 18/3 pupil/teacher ratio

Vocational Schools: Penta County Vocational School - Enrollment of 1,300 students

Private Schools:

Westside Montessori Center, 13586 Roachton Road
Children's Discovery Center, 11090 Avenue Road
KinderCare Learning Center, 610 W. South Boundary
The Gathering Place, 113 4 Professional Drive

Colleges and Universities

• University of Toledo - 7 miles northeast, enrollment 20,594 students
• Owens Community College - 6 miles northeast, enrollment of 22,00 students
• Medical College of Ohio - 4 miles North, enrollment 2,000 students
• Bowling Green State University - 15 miles south, enrollment 20,975 students
• Lourdes College - 12 miles north, enrollment 1,620 students

Recreation: The City of Perrysburg has eleven parks comprised of over 180 acres. Both active and passive parks are provided, with activities ranging from baseball and soccer fields to a network of walking paths. Perrysburg is home to Fort Meigs, an important historic location in the war of 1812. The Perrysburg Area YMCA/JCC is located at 13415 Eckel Junction Road. A new city swimming pool is located in Municipal Park and the city sponsors a regionally recognized summer recreation program.

Medical Services: Regional hospitals include Flower Hospital and St. Anne in Sylvania, St. Charles and Bay Park in Oregon, St. Luke's in Maumee, and Toledo Hospital, the Medical College of Ohio and St. Vincent Hospital in Toledo.

Major Employers and Labor Market Information

Perrysburg is a planned community featuring a diverse commercial, industrial and residential community. Nearly 700 businesses call the City of Perrysburg home. Businesses range from national giants like O-I World Headquarters to sole proprietorship, Retro Eye Candy, a small retail store featuring collectables from the 1950s. The city government and public schools are among the largest employees in the city.

Major Private Sector Employers:
Company Name                                                                           # of Employees
O-I World Headquarters                                                              884 
Manor at Perrysburg - nursing home facility                                 135
Schutz Container - metal and plastics technology                        105
Cargotec - articulating cranes and truck mounted forklifts              100
American Steel Treating - steel treating                                       100
Master Chemical - coolant management                                       88
Jerl Machine Inc. - tool and die facility                                          60
Welch Publishing - printing and publishing                                    30
Dillin Development Company - real estate                                     20

Labor Market:
The area offers a highly educated and skilled work force.

Census 2000 statistics report that in the City of Perrysburg, 94.7% of the adult population twenty-five years old or older are high school graduates, or better, and that of the same population, 46.9% are at least college graduates. National averages are 80.4% and 24.4% respectively.