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Work & commute in Perry, OH

Most working residents leave Perry for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (13%), Brookville (7%) and Eaton (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
101 of 2,554 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,453 Perry residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

2,453live here, work elsewhere
101live and work here
285work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Perry goes to work

New LebanonBrookvilleEnglewoodEatonUnionMoraineVandaliaClaytonKetteringTrotwoodDaytonColumbusClayLanierJacksonPerryTwinDaytonBrookvilleEatonNew LebanonClaytonKetteringVandaliaMoraineEnglewoodColumbusPerry
1
Dayton12 mi away
13%328
2
Brookville3.5 mi away
7%181
3
Eaton11.5 mi away
3%89
4
New Lebanon3.5 mi away
3%84
5
Clayton7.7 mi away
3%84
6
Kettering15.9 mi away
3%84
7
Vandalia13.8 mi away
3%77
8
Moraine11.5 mi away
3%64
9
Englewood8.1 mi away
2%61
10
Columbus77.5 mi away
2%56
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%1,446

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.

26%Under 10 mi
50%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
11%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

386 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

386 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Perry residents hold

2,554 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+23%

Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 313 → 386. 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.

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