Households in Paul earn less than those in 64% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Paul C; getting around on foot earns it D. Below the poverty line: 11.4% of residents; Idaho has 10.6%. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Idaho as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Paul apart
Most Paul residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Paul’s working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 24 minutes, longer than the Idaho average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Few Paul workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Idaho. 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; with 464 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Paul’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Paul is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Paul’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Paul’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Paul could be anywhere from D to B.
Miles to work from Paul
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Paul
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paul workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 718 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Paul
On a workday 437 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Burley
Where Paul clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
34% of the jobs in Paul make or build things
535 jobs are based in Paul.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paul, 2013 → 2023: 556 → 535. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paul’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Paul is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Paul is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Paul near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 751 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.4% of Paul households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Paul’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Paul ranks: 3,520th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 867 | Robie Creek ID | 1,213 | $106K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,196 | Groveland ID | 1,422 | $76K | 2.0% | 4.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,461 | Sun Valley ID | 1,776 | $126K | 6.0% | 0.0% | 25% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,518 | Wallingford VT | 2,080 | $80K | 7.0% | 11.1% | 5% | C |
| 3,519 | Gorman NC | 1,591 | $47K | 18.8% | 5.6% | 0% | C |
| 3,520 | Paul ID | 1,722 | $67K | 11.4% | 0.8% | 6% | C |
| 3,521 | Council Grove KS | 2,130 | $58K | 13.7% | 2.4% | 51% | C |
| 3,522 | Dolgeville NY | 1,992 | $68K | 10.9% | 1.9% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Paul, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Paul: questions
What is the median household income in Paul?
$66,500 (±$15,400) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paul?
11.4%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paul?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paul work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burley (18%, 5 mi), Rupert (11%, 6 mi), Twin Falls (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Paul walkable?
Paul is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Paul without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paul, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paul
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.