Work & commute · Paoli

Work & commute in Paoli, IN

Most working residents leave Paoli for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are French Lick (14%), Jasper (5%) and Orleans (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

267 of 1,508 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,241 Paoli residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 1,797 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paoli.

1,241live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

1,797work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paoli goes to work

Paoli (in town)right here

18%267

French Lick8.1 mi away

14%211

Jasper27.8 mi away

5%81

Orleans7.3 mi away

4%65

Orleans6.5 mi away

3%40

Bedford21 mi away

3%39

Bloomington42 mi away

2%33

Center86.1 mi away

2%26

New Albany38.9 mi away

2%25

Mitchell12.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%699

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

How far

How far Paoli commutes

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

44%

10%

22%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paoli is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paoli are

2,064 jobs are based in Paoli. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paoli’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paoli

2,064 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Paoli residents hold

1,508 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−10%

Jobs based in Paoli, 2013 → 2023: 2,297 → 2,064. 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.