Work & commute · Paris

Work & commute in Paris, ID

Most working residents leave Paris for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Montpelier (15%), Soda Springs (12%) and Garden City (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

17 of 178 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 161 Paris residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paris.

161live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paris goes to work

Montpelier8.6 mi away

15%27

Soda Springs31.2 mi away

12%22

Paris (in town)right here

10%17

Garden City, UT20.1 mi away

6%10

Pocatello69.9 mi away

3%6

Idaho Falls92.9 mi away

3%5

Boise City262 mi away

3%5

Meridian270.3 mi away

2%4

Twin Falls157.8 mi away

2%3

Logan, UT40.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%76

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Paris commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

30%

11%

26%

33%

30%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paris is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paris are

194 jobs are based in Paris. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paris’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paris

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Paris residents hold

178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+177%

Jobs based in Paris, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 194. 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.