Work & commute · Perry

Work & commute in Perry, MI

Most working residents leave Perry for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are East Lansing (9%), Meridian (4%) and Owosso (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 716 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 664 Perry residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

664live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry goes to work

East Lansing14.5 mi away

9%65

Perry (in town)right here

7%52

Meridian12.5 mi away

4%31

Owosso11.5 mi away

3%23

Perry2.7 mi away

3%20

Troy57.2 mi away

3%19

Howell21.2 mi away

3%18

Lansing19.1 mi away

3%18

Warren65.1 mi away

2%15

Genoa26.7 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%440

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.

13%

40%

22%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

565 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

565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Perry residents hold

716 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+77%

Jobs based in Perry, 2011 → 2021: 320 → 565. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.