Work & commute · Paris

Work & commute in Paris, WI

Most working residents leave Paris for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Kenosha (15%), Pleasant Prairie (8%) and Racine (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
25 of 628 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 603 Paris residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paris.

603live here, work elsewhere
25live and work here
568work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Paris goes to work

WaukeganUnion GrovePaddock LakeRacineSomersPleasant PrairieYorkvilleMount PleasantSalem LakesKenoshaBristolMilwaukeeWheatlandParisBrightonKenoshaPleasant PrairieRacineMilwaukeeMount PleasantUnion GroveBrightonPaddock LakeWaukeganParis
1
Kenosha7.1 mi away
15%94
2
Pleasant Prairie8.9 mi away
8%48
3
Racine12.6 mi away
5%32
4
Milwaukee31 mi away
4%25
5
Paris (in town)right here
4%25
6
Mount Pleasant9.1 mi away
3%21
7
Union Grove5.2 mi away
3%19
8
Brighton6.2 mi away
3%16
9
Paddock Lake5.7 mi away
2%15
10
Waukegan, IL18.6 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%319

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.

43%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Paris is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paris are

593 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

593 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)64%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)23%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Paris residents hold

628 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+3%

Jobs based in Paris, 2013 → 2023: 577 → 593. 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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