Work & commute · La Paz

Work & commute in La Paz, IN

Most working residents leave La Paz for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (16%), South Bend (14%) and Nappanee (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 219 La Paz residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Paz.

219live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Paz goes to work

Plymouth7.4 mi away

16%36

South Bend15.4 mi away

14%30

Nappanee16.1 mi away

5%12

Elkhart24.2 mi away

5%11

Bremen8.2 mi away

4%9

Goshen26 mi away

4%8

North2.5 mi away

3%7

Mishawaka16.9 mi away

3%6

Bourbon14.7 mi away

2%5

Walkerton9.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%92

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

How far

How far La Paz commutes

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

32%

42%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Paz is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in La Paz are

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

Jobs based in La Paz

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs La Paz residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−50%

Jobs based in La Paz, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 62. 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.