Work & commute · Peru

Work & commute in Peru, VT

Most working residents leave Peru for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Stratton (17%), Manchester (11%) and Londonderry (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 157 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 145 Peru residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peru.

145live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peru goes to work

Stratton13.6 mi away

17%27

Manchester10.1 mi away

11%17

Peru (in town)right here

8%12

Londonderry8.7 mi away

6%10

Winhall7.8 mi away

4%6

Landgrove4.3 mi away

3%4

Arlington20.8 mi away

3%4

North Adams, MA42.7 mi away

2%3

South Burlington81 mi away

2%3

Jamaica13.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%68

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.

41%

22%

16%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peru is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Peru are

218 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

218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Peru residents hold

157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+140%

Jobs based in Peru, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 218. 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.