Work & commute · Perry

Work & commute in Perry, IN

Most working residents leave Perry for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Center (19%), Greenwood (8%) and Wayne (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

5,537 of 51,973 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 46,436 Perry residents head out of town to work, 5,537 work right here, and 30,408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

46,436live here, work elsewhere

5,537live and work here

30,408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry goes to work

Center6.9 mi away

19%9,676

Perry (in town)right here

10%5,103

Greenwood5.7 mi away

8%4,354

Wayne8.7 mi away

6%3,216

Warren10 mi away

5%2,499

Plainfield11.6 mi away

5%2,427

Pike14.9 mi away

5%2,352

Washington13.8 mi away

4%2,119

Franklin7.7 mi away

3%1,776

Carmel20 mi away

2%1,265

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%17,186

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.

54%

33%

54%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

35,945 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

35,945 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Perry residents hold

51,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+4%

Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 34,446 → 35,945. 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.