Work & commute · Paris

Work & commute in Paris, ME

Most working residents leave Paris for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn (9%), Norway (8%) and Oxford (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
394 of 2,383 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,989 Paris residents head out of town to work, 394 work right here, and 2,114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paris.

1,989live here, work elsewhere
394live and work here
2,114work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Paris goes to work

South PortlandWestbrookPortlandLewistonBangorAugustaAuburnWest ParisParisNorwayBuckfieldHebronOtisfieldOxfordRumfordHarrisonAuburnNorwayOxfordPortlandLewistonAugustaBangorSouth PortlandWestbrookParis
1
Paris (in town)right here
17%394
2
Auburn16.4 mi away
9%208
3
Norway6.1 mi away
8%195
4
Oxford7.2 mi away
8%180
5
Portland45.1 mi away
7%168
6
Lewiston19.2 mi away
6%147
7
Augusta37.9 mi away
2%54
8
Bangor93 mi away
2%53
9
South Portland43.8 mi away
2%44
10
Westbrook37.9 mi away
2%41
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%899

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

How far

How far Paris commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Paris is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paris are

2,508 jobs are based in Paris. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paris’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paris

2,508 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Paris residents hold

2,383 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+25%

Jobs based in Paris, 2013 → 2023: 2,002 → 2,508. 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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