Perry Township, Stark County

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Mailing lists for Perry Township

Owners in Perry Township to mail, counted from the county's records today. The price is the whole list; you see the exact count and price again before you pay, and the file downloads when you pay.

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Home sales by month

425 home sales in Perry Township from October 2025 to September 2026, at a median price of $225,000.

Source: Stark County Auditor, sales it marks as real sales (not family transfers or estates), counted once per deed, by the month of the sale. Data as of October 22, 2026.

Property tax rates

Most homes in Perry Township (10,565 of 10,787) are in taxing district 400, Perry Twp-Perry LSD. Its effective rate on homes is 55.66 mills, and the state estimates the yearly tax on a $100,000 owner-occupied home there at $1,786.

A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed value, and Ohio assesses a home at 35% of its appraised value. The effective rate is the voted rate after the state's reduction factors. The $100,000 figure is the state's own estimate for an owner-occupied home, after the owner-occupied credits.

Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, 2025 aggregate property tax rates by taxing district (tax year 2025, paid in 2026), published March 25, 2026. District for each parcel: Stark County Auditor, October 22, 2026.

Schools

Public schools inside the township line

• Edison Middle Schoolgrades 7 to 8, 585 students, Perry Local districtOhio report card: 4.5 stars
• Lohr Elementary Schoolgrades K to 4, 445 students, Perry Local districtOhio report card: 4.5 stars
• Perry High Schoolgrades 9 to 12, 1,456 students, Perry Local districtOhio report card: 4 stars
• Pfeiffer Intermediate Schoolgrades 5 to 6, 587 students, Perry Local districtOhio report card: 4.5 stars
• Southway Elementary Schoolgrades K to 4, 474 students, Perry Local districtOhio report card: 4.5 stars
• T C Knapp Elementary Schoolgrade PK, Perry Local districtNo Ohio report card rating
• Watson Elementary Schoolgrades K to 4, 515 students, Perry Local districtOhio report card: 4 stars

Private schools

• Central Catholic High Schoolgrades 9 to 12, 331 students, Roman Catholic
• St. Joan of Arc Schoolgrades PK to 8, 274 students, Roman Catholic

Schools and students: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, fall 2024 count, and Private School Universe Survey, 2023-24. Ratings: Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, 2025-26 School Report Cards, the state's own overall star rating for each school. A school is listed here when its address sits inside the boundary.

Libraries

• Barry Askren Memorial Branch1200 Market Avenue, Ne, part of the Massillon Public LibraryOpen about 36 hours a week
• Perry Sippo5710 12th St. Nw, part of the Stark County District LibraryOpen about 61 hours a week

The Massillon Public Library (3 buildings and 2 bookmobiles) had 122,460 visits and lent 508,065 books, movies and e-books in 2024, with 17,180 card holders.

The Stark County District Library (10 buildings and 5 bookmobiles) had 663,780 visits and lent 2,412,449 books, movies and e-books in 2024, with 91,279 card holders.

Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024 (released June 2026). Figures are for the whole library system.

Crime reported to the FBI

Reported to the FBI by the Perry Township Pd, Stark Cnty, 2025: 16 violent crimes and 195 property crimes, for about 28,221 people. That is 0.57 violent and 6.91 property crimes per 1,000 people.

Most common offenses in the Perry Township Pd, Stark Cnty's 2025 incident reports: thefts 169, assault offenses 116, fraud offenses 75.

Reporting varies from agency to agency and year to year, and these numbers are as reported to the FBI. A low count can mean an agency reported only part of the year; a year with no reports is left blank, never counted as zero. Violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime means burglary, theft and vehicle theft. Paper Trail Ohio adds no score and does not compare places.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A and NIBRS files for data years 2020 to 2025 (files dated August 14, 2026), Crime Data Explorer.

Official offices

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What you can do here

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