Work & commute · Perry

Work & commute in Perry, IN

Most working residents leave Perry for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bloomington (22%), Bedford (17%) and Perry (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 947 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 919 Perry residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

919live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry goes to work

Bloomington15.2 mi away

22%212

Bedford10.4 mi away

17%160

Perry12.5 mi away

3%32

Van Buren11.1 mi away

3%29

Richland16.5 mi away

3%28

Perry (in town)right here

3%28

Bloomington18.4 mi away

3%24

Center62.2 mi away

2%18

Seymour40 mi away

1%12

Columbus41.7 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%392

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.

25%

45%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

153 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

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Perry residents hold

947 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+28%

Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 153. 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.