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Work & commute · New Paris

Work & commute in New Paris, IN

Most working residents leave New Paris for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Goshen (25%), Elkhart (13%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
50 of 718 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 668 New Paris residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,447 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Paris.

668live here, work elsewhere
50live and work here
1,447work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where New Paris goes to work

SyracuseLigonierMiddleburyNappaneeWarsawGoshenMishawakaElkhartElkhartHarrisonJacksonJeffersonYorkBentonNew ParisGoshenElkhartJacksonNappaneeBentonMiddleburySyracuseHarrisonYorkNew Paris
1
Goshen5 mi away
25%183
2
Elkhart14.9 mi away
13%95
3
New Paris (in town)right here
7%50
4
Jackson1.4 mi away
5%37
5
Nappanee9.7 mi away
4%29
6
Benton3.1 mi away
4%26
7
Middlebury13.1 mi away
3%24
8
Syracuse6.8 mi away
1%10
9
Harrison6.9 mi away
1%10
10
York16.6 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%244

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

How far

How far New Paris commutes

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

53%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

New Paris is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Paris are

1,497 jobs are based in New Paris. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Paris’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Paris

1,497 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)87%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)9%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs New Paris residents hold

718 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)49%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+85%

Jobs based in New Paris, 2013 → 2023: 809 → 1,497. 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.

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