Most of Paris commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Paris report 12 jobs for 114 working residents. Hardly any stay in Paris for work; outside it, Big Rapids is the main destination (21%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Paris
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Paris on a workday afternoon, 50% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Where Paris’ working residents head each day
Where Paris clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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 Paris: what the 12 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paris, 2011 → 2021: 15 → 12. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Paris
of Paris workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Paris
About 29% 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 2021.
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 2021, 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 Paris: questions
What is the median household income in Paris?
$68,281 (±$52,264) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paris?
18.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Paris work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Big Rapids (21%, 6 mi), Big Rapids Township (10%, 7 mi), Green Township (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Paris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paris
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.