Blankenship-Hodges-Brown House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainParagon has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Paragon has 75 jobs for 253 working residents. Only 2% work in Paragon itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (32%, 34 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Paragon, in brief
One in three of Paragon works in Indianapolis
81 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 35 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Paragon itself. The commute map ↓
Paragon is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Paragon, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Paragon has about 410 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Paragon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 253 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Paragon ends
Where Paragon clocks in
32% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
Who works in Paragon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 249 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Paragon on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
From Paragon, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paragon workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 212 commuters (the 5% 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.
In Paragon, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paragon, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 75. 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 Paragon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Paragon commutes
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 Paragon: questions
What is the median household income in Paragon?
$73,750 (±$34,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paragon?
24.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paragon?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paragon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (32%, 34 mi), Martinsville (9%, 7 mi), Plainfield (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paragon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paragon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paragon
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.