Every workday, about 1,600 people come to South Paris for work
Most working residents leave South Paris for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (16%), Auburn (9%) and Oxford (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.
What stands out about work in South Paris
Commutes from South Paris are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 25 across Maine. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maine worker. Time on the road ↓
South Paris is where the jobs are
South Paris has 1,737 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few South Paris workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
About 14 minutes each way, quicker than most of Maine
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Paris workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
South Paris fills up on a workday
On a workday 900 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 1,618 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in South Paris on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where South Paris’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where South Paris clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of South Paris commutes less than 17 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 1,737 jobs in South Paris are
1,737 jobs are based in South Paris. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Paris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Paris, 2013 → 2023: 1,387 → 1,737. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
South Paris and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Norway (8%). Darker towns draw more of South Paris’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of South Paris
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Paris, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.