Work & commute · Perry

Work & commute in Perry, IN

Most working residents leave Perry for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (57%), Huntertown (2%) and New Haven (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

3,055 of 18,717 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 15,662 Perry residents head out of town to work, 3,055 work right here, and 18,027 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

15,662live here, work elsewhere

3,055live and work here

18,027work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry goes to work

Fort Wayne9.3 mi away

57%10,760

Perry (in town)right here

3%635

Huntertown1.4 mi away

2%393

New Haven12.4 mi away

2%387

Eel River6.3 mi away

2%291

Auburn10.8 mi away

2%285

Aboite14.4 mi away

1%233

Lafayette19.7 mi away

1%224

Union14.9 mi away

1%218

Kendallville16.5 mi away

1%186

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%5,105

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.

57%

24%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

21,082 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

21,082 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Perry residents hold

18,717 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+87%

Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 11,275 → 21,082. 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.