Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Perry (2.4%) is lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Perry is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (A). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 79.0 in New York City. About one in seven work in Perry; the top destination outside it is Perry (17%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Perry apart
Commutes from Perry are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Perry and Perry trade workers both ways
Perry is the top workplace for Perry residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Perry come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Perry
Unemployment holds Perry’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perry could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Getting to work from Perry takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perry workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,573 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Perry ends
Where Perry clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily commute in and out of Perry
On a workday 1,228 residents head out to work, 208 work right here, and 903 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Perry makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
1,111 jobs are based in Perry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 1,121 → 1,111. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Perry works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Perry, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,740 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 21% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.0% of Perry households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Perry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Perry is 2,446th among 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 8 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,444 | Tilton NH | 4,092 | $67K | 12.5% | 3.5% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,445 | Oaklawn-Sunview KS | 2,789 | $47K | 23.2% | 2.2% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,446 | Perry NY | 3,546 | $63K | 9.9% | 2.4% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,447 | Oakwood OH | 3,436 | $68K | 21.0% | 4.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,448 | Myerstown PA | 3,157 | $59K | 7.1% | 6.5% | 10% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Perry, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Perry
The biggest share goes to Castile (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Perry’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Perry: questions
What is the median household income in Perry?
$63,291 (±$5,486) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry?
9.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perry (17%, 2 mi), Warsaw (9%, 7 mi), Rochester (6%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry walkable?
Perry is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Perry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perry
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.