Work & commute · Paris

Work & commute in Paris, IL

44% of Paris’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Paris (5%), Terre Haute (5%) and Marshall (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

1,323 of 2,999 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,676 Paris residents head out of town to work, 1,323 work right here, and 3,226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paris.

1,676live here, work elsewhere

1,323live and work here

3,226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paris goes to work

Paris (in town)right here

44%1,323

Paris1.4 mi away

5%148

Terre Haute, IN19.7 mi away

5%141

Marshall14.9 mi away

3%78

Mattoon37.1 mi away

2%74

Champaign46.4 mi away

2%62

Chicago153.5 mi away

2%62

Springfield104.7 mi away

2%50

Charleston27.5 mi away

2%45

Decatur68.2 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%972

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.

50%

12%

14%

25%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paris is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Paris are

4,549 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

4,549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Paris residents hold

2,999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+18%

Jobs based in Paris, 2013 → 2023: 3,846 → 4,549. 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.