Work & commute · Paragon

Work & commute in Paragon, IN

Most working residents leave Paragon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Center (11%), Martinsville (9%) and Wayne (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 249 Paragon residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paragon.

249live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paragon goes to work

Center34.7 mi away

11%28

Martinsville7.1 mi away

9%22

Wayne30.6 mi away

5%12

Plainfield23 mi away

4%10

Carmel45.2 mi away

4%10

Perry29.1 mi away

4%9

Mooresville17.7 mi away

3%8

Bloomington16.1 mi away

3%7

Richland13.9 mi away

3%7

Washington40.1 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%133

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

How far

How far Paragon commutes

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

14%

23%

51%

12%

14%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paragon is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paragon are

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

Jobs based in Paragon

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Paragon residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1775%

Jobs based in Paragon, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 75. 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.