Work & commute · Perry

Work & commute in Perry, GA

Most working residents leave Perry for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Warner Robins (22%), Macon-Bibb County (14%) and Fort Valley (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,314 of 8,468 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 7,154 Perry residents head out of town to work, 1,314 work right here, and 6,568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

7,154live here, work elsewhere

1,314live and work here

6,568work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry goes to work

Warner Robins9.6 mi away

22%1,888

Perry (in town)right here

16%1,314

Macon-Bibb County23.2 mi away

14%1,164

Fort Valley10.4 mi away

3%255

Atlanta97.7 mi away

2%189

Byron12.2 mi away

1%109

Robins AFB12.6 mi away

1%65

Columbus66.9 mi away

1%60

Sandy Springs107.3 mi away

1%56

Dublin46.8 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,313

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

How far

How far Perry commutes

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

39%

23%

11%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

7,882 jobs are based in Perry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Perry

7,882 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Perry residents hold

8,468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+28%

Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 6,134 → 7,882. 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.