Work & commute · Paul

Work & commute in Paul, ID

Most working residents leave Paul for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Burley (18%), Rupert (11%) and Twin Falls (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 464 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 437 Paul residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paul.

437live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paul goes to work

Burley4.6 mi away

18%82

Rupert5.7 mi away

11%53

Twin Falls34.5 mi away

8%38

Paul (in town)right here

6%27

Heyburn3.3 mi away

5%21

Boise City141.2 mi away

4%19

Nampa155.8 mi away

2%9

Jerome38 mi away

1%6

Acequia10.5 mi away

1%4

Pocatello69.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%201

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

How far

How far Paul commutes

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

60%

15%

17%

60%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paul is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paul are

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

Jobs based in Paul

535 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Paul residents hold

464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Paul, 2013 → 2023: 556 → 535. 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.