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Work & commute in Peru, MA

Most working residents leave Peru for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (27%), Dalton (9%) and North Adams (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
11 of 463 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 452 Peru residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peru.

452live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
111work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Peru goes to work

ChicopeeNorth AdamsNorthamptonPittsfieldSpringfieldBostonNew YorkHinsdaleCummingtonDaltonPeruWilliamstownWashingtonWindsorLenoxMiddlefieldBecketLeeWorthingtonPittsfieldDaltonNorth AdamsNorthamptonBostonWilliamstownChicopeeSpringfieldHinsdalePeru
1
Pittsfield11.9 mi away
27%124
2
Dalton7.8 mi away
9%40
3
North Adams18.9 mi away
2%11
4
Northampton19.2 mi away
2%11
5
Peru (in town)right here
2%11
6
Boston103.3 mi away
2%10
7
Williamstown22 mi away
2%9
8
Chicopee28.6 mi away
2%7
9
Springfield32.4 mi away
1%6
10
Hinsdale4.4 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%228

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.

31%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Peru is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peru are

122 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

122 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Peru residents hold

463 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month68%
+190%

Jobs based in Peru, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 122. 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.

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