Work & commute · Peru

Work & commute in Peru, NY

Most working residents leave Peru for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Plattsburgh (24%), Plattsburgh (23%) and North Elba (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

409 of 2,915 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,506 Peru residents head out of town to work, 409 work right here, and 774 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peru.

2,506live here, work elsewhere

409live and work here

774work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peru goes to work

Plattsburgh9.3 mi away

24%701

Plattsburgh8 mi away

23%673

Peru (in town)right here

14%409

North Elba35.2 mi away

2%63

Au Sable5.6 mi away

2%59

Albany132.9 mi away

1%39

Beekmantown14.6 mi away

1%38

Malone37.7 mi away

1%32

Elizabethtown27.3 mi away

1%27

Schuyler Falls5.5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%848

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.

58%

14%

19%

58%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peru is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peru are

1,183 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

1,183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Peru residents hold

2,915 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Peru, 2013 → 2023: 1,155 → 1,183. 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.