Work & commute · West Paris

Work & commute in West Paris, ME

Most working residents leave West Paris for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (10%), Norway (7%) and Auburn (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 953 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 890 West Paris residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Paris.

890live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Paris goes to work

Paris5.2 mi away

10%97

Norway7.8 mi away

7%71

West Paris (in town)right here

7%63

Auburn21.1 mi away

6%55

Portland50.3 mi away

5%50

Oxford12.3 mi away

4%39

Lewiston23.5 mi away

4%37

Augusta39 mi away

3%27

Scarborough52.5 mi away

3%26

South Portland49 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%468

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

How far

How far West Paris commutes

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

26%

29%

24%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Paris is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Paris are

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

Jobs based in West Paris

228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs West Paris residents hold

953 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−15%

Jobs based in West Paris, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 228. 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.