Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Peru
Only 8% stay in Peru for work; outside it, Stratton is the main destination (17%, 14 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average (Vermont 24, U.S. 26). Employers in Peru report 218 jobs; 157 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Peru on a workday
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Peru on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 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.
The places Peru commutes to
Where Peru clocks in
17% of workers
11% 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.
What Peru’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Peru’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Peru: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peru workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 260 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Peru
About 20% 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.
Peru and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Winhall (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peru workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | – | — | — | 28 min | $151,875 |
| Landgrove | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Mount Tabor | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Dorset | under 2% | C+ | A | 22 min | $111,250 |
| Winhall | 4% | B− | B− | 27 min | $95,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Landgrove and Mount Tabor: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Peru’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 Peru: questions
What is the median household income in Peru?
$151,875 (±$82,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peru?
1.8%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peru?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peru work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stratton (17%, 14 mi), Manchester (11%, 10 mi), Londonderry (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peru without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peru, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peru
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.