Work & commute · Perry

Work & commute in Perry, OK

44% of Perry’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Stillwater (12%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Enid (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

876 of 2,003 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,127 Perry residents head out of town to work, 876 work right here, and 2,006 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry.

1,127live here, work elsewhere

876live and work here

2,006work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry goes to work

Perry (in town)right here

44%876

Stillwater16.6 mi away

12%250

Oklahoma City57.3 mi away

9%185

Enid32.5 mi away

3%66

Tulsa79.1 mi away

3%55

Ponca City33.3 mi away

1%29

Billings19.3 mi away

1%25

Edmond42.3 mi away

1%24

Guthrie28.4 mi away

1%15

Bartlesville81.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%467

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.

48%

16%

12%

23%

48%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry are

2,882 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

2,882 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Perry residents hold

2,003 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+7%

Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 2,681 → 2,882. 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.