Work & commute · Paw Paw

Work & commute in Paw Paw, IN

Most working residents leave Paw Paw for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wabash (29%), Noble (9%) and Warsaw (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 570 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 565 Paw Paw residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paw Paw.

565live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paw Paw goes to work

Wabash7.4 mi away

29%163

Noble7.4 mi away

9%49

Warsaw23.4 mi away

4%24

North Manchester8.1 mi away

4%22

Huntington18.6 mi away

3%16

Lafayette63.2 mi away

2%14

Peru15 mi away

2%13

Chester8.3 mi away

2%12

Marion26.8 mi away

2%11

Kokomo33.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%235

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

How far

How far Paw Paw commutes

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

39%

21%

14%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paw Paw is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paw Paw are

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

Jobs based in Paw Paw

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Paw Paw residents hold

570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−24%

Jobs based in Paw Paw, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 79. 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.