Work & commute · Perley

Work & commute in Perley, MN

Most working residents leave Perley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (16%), Halstad (14%) and Ada (12%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 48 Perley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perley.

48live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perley goes to work

Fargo, ND21.6 mi away

16%8

Halstad12.1 mi away

14%7

Ada15.8 mi away

12%6

Moorhead21.7 mi away

8%4

Hillsboro, ND16.8 mi away

4%2

Hendrum6.1 mi away

2%1

Perley (in town)right here

2%1

Audubon44.1 mi away

2%1

Climax29.9 mi away

2%1

Glyndon23.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%17

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

How far

How far Perley commutes

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

71%

20%

4%Under 10 mi

71%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perley is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perley are

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

Jobs based in Perley

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Perley residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+400%

Jobs based in Perley, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 25. 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.