Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainMost of Perry commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Perry has 1,250 jobs, against 2,911 working residents. For jobs and income Perry is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Perry, in a few figures
Perry and Brigham City trade workers both ways
Brigham City is the top workplace for Perry residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Perry come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Perry
57% of Perry residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Perry pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Perry has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Perry went from 815 in 2013 to 1,250 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Perry pay little
29% of the jobs based in Perry pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 42% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Perry’s grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Perry could be anywhere from A− to A+.
19% of working residents work in Brigham City
Where Perry clocks in
19% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
What Perry’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perry, 2013 → 2023: 815 → 1,250. 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.
How many people are in Perry by day
On a workday 2,762 residents head out to work, 149 work right here, and 1,101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Perry on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 23 minutes each way for Perry’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perry workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,668 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Perry, by distance
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
For most of Perry, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,967 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 96% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 0.6% of Perry households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Perry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Perry places 301st of 3,297 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Fruit Heights UT | 5,952 | $141K | 3.9% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | West Bountiful UT | 5,931 | $135K | 3.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 299 | Rochester Township IL | 5,700 | $115K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 5% | A |
| 300 | Sadsbury Township PA | 4,741 | $117K | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 301 | Perry UT | 6,226 | $113K | 2.3% | 1.6% | 5% | A |
| 302 | Independence Township NJ | 5,666 | $92K | 1.6% | 1.4% | 4% | A |
| 303 | Thorn Township OH | 4,848 | $96K | 4.1% | 0.5% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,297 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Utah.
19% of Perry works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | – | A | B+ | 23 min | $112,639 |
| Brigham City | 19% | B− | A | 20 min | $71,308 |
| Willard | under 2% | A | B | 24 min | $97,782 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Brigham City. 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?
$112,639 (±$18,540) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perry?
2.3%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perry?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perry work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brigham City (19%, 3 mi), Ogden (12%, 17 mi), Salt Lake City (7%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Perry walkable?
Perry is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Perry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 96% 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.