Work & commute · Perryville

Work & commute in Perryville, KY

Most working residents leave Perryville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Danville (36%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (12%) and Harrodsburg (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 325 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 321 Perryville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perryville.

321live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perryville goes to work

Danville9.6 mi away

36%117

Lexington-Fayette urban county38.1 mi away

12%39

Harrodsburg9.9 mi away

6%19

Lebanon17.8 mi away

4%13

Berea36.2 mi away

2%7

Nicholasville26.8 mi away

2%7

Bardstown29.9 mi away

2%5

Frankfort37.9 mi away

2%5

Perryville (in town)right here

1%4

Stanford18 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%105

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

How far

How far Perryville commutes

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

39%

22%

25%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perryville is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perryville are

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

Jobs based in Perryville

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Perryville residents hold

325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+26%

Jobs based in Perryville, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 59. 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.