Work & commute · Peru

Work & commute in Peru, IN

About one in 4 of Peru’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kokomo (9%), Logansport (5%) and Wabash (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,153 of 4,667 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,514 Peru residents head out of town to work, 1,153 work right here, and 2,638 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peru.

3,514live here, work elsewhere

1,153live and work here

2,638work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peru goes to work

Peru (in town)right here

25%1,153

Kokomo20.5 mi away

9%421

Logansport15 mi away

5%228

Wabash12.9 mi away

4%210

Washington4.2 mi away

3%153

Clinton20.4 mi away

3%128

Fort Wayne53.4 mi away

3%126

Peru1.5 mi away

3%121

Marion25.8 mi away

2%91

Lafayette48.5 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,955

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

How far

How far Peru commutes

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

37%

29%

14%

20%

37%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peru is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Peru are

3,791 jobs are based in Peru. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peru’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Peru

3,791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Peru residents hold

4,667 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−20%

Jobs based in Peru, 2013 → 2023: 4,763 → 3,791. 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.