Work & commute · Perry

Work & commute in Perry, MO

Most working residents leave Perry for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hannibal (16%), Columbia (7%) and Mexico (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 303 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 298 Perry residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

298live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry goes to work

Hannibal23.6 mi away

16%48

Columbia48.9 mi away

7%20

Mexico21.9 mi away

5%14

Monroe City15.7 mi away

4%12

Jefferson City65.9 mi away

4%11

Louisiana32 mi away

3%8

Hazelwood81 mi away

2%6

Perry (in town)right here

2%5

Macon48 mi away

2%5

Maryland Heights80.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%169

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.

10%

34%

28%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

71 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

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Perry residents hold

303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−49%

Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 71. 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.