Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of La Paz works elsewhere
La Paz has 62 jobs, against 220 working residents. Hardly any work in La Paz; the top destination outside it is Plymouth (16%, 7 miles). 1% of workers have no commute at all, next to 11% for Indiana 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 La Paz apart
La Paz is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in La Paz, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Paz has about 310 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few La Paz workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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 220 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
La Paz on a workday afternoon
On a workday 219 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in La Paz on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way, about the IN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Paz workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Commuting out of La Paz: the destinations
Where La Paz clocks in
14% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in La Paz: what the 62 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Paz, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 62. 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 La Paz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region La Paz works
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.
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 La Paz: questions
What is the median household income in La Paz?
$77,972 (±$14,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Paz?
22.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Paz?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Paz work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plymouth (16%, 7 mi), South Bend (14%, 15 mi), Nappanee (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Paz without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Paz, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Paz
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.