Work & commute · Perry

Work & commute in Perry, IN

Most working residents leave Perry for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (52%), West Lafayette (13%) and Center (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

206 of 4,256 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,050 Perry residents head out of town to work, 206 work right here, and 2,351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

4,050live here, work elsewhere

206live and work here

2,351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry goes to work

Lafayette6.2 mi away

52%2,213

West Lafayette9 mi away

13%562

Center55.7 mi away

2%84

Frankfort15.4 mi away

2%71

Carmel45.3 mi away

1%51

Perry (in town)right here

1%50

Pike46.2 mi away

1%48

Washington50.1 mi away

1%41

Shadeland12.6 mi away

1%39

Wabash11.2 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,060

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.

68%

16%

68%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

2,557 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

2,557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Perry residents hold

4,256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+77%

Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 1,442 → 2,557. 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.