Work & commute · Perryville

Work & commute in Perryville, MO

43% of Perryville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (6%), St. Louis (2%) and Ste. Genevieve (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

1,718 of 4,019 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 2,301 Perryville residents head out of town to work, 1,718 work right here, and 4,511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perryville.

2,301live here, work elsewhere

1,718live and work here

4,511work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perryville goes to work

Perryville (in town)right here

43%1,718

Cape Girardeau33.7 mi away

6%226

St. Louis65.9 mi away

2%93

Ste. Genevieve19.6 mi away

2%79

Jackson26.9 mi away

2%74

Farmington30.3 mi away

1%57

Poplar Bluff72.8 mi away

1%38

Creve Coeur71.6 mi away

1%30

Clayton68.1 mi away

1%29

Biehle8.5 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,648

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.

51%

17%

24%

51%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perryville is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Perryville are

6,229 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

6,229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Perryville residents hold

4,019 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−14%

Jobs based in Perryville, 2013 → 2023: 7,202 → 6,229. 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.