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For jobs and income Paris is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D). There are 883 jobs in Paris; 2,075 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Paris itself; outside it, Utica draws the most (18%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Paris apart on work
Commutes from Paris are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Paris makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Paris are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Paris residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Paris has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Paris went from 637 in 2013 to 883 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Paris
The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Paris could be anywhere from B to A.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of New York
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paris workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,881 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Paris makes things: 37% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paris, 2013 → 2023: 637 → 883. 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 Paris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Paris: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,883 residents head out to work, 192 work right here, and 691 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Paris on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Out of Paris to work: where people go
Where Paris clocks in
18% of workers
18% of workers
6% 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.
The distance from Paris to work
About 18% 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.
The commute in Paris is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,213 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Paris households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Paris’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Paris ranks: 812th of 4,195 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 810 | South Wheatland Township IL | 3,859 | $94K | 3.9% | 3.1% | 1% | A− |
| 811 | Manlius Township MI | 3,433 | $89K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A− |
| 812 | Paris NY | 4,189 | $93K | 5.1% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| 813 | McLean Township OH | 3,521 | $93K | 5.3% | 1.7% | 11% | A− |
| 814 | Trent Woods NC | 4,070 | $108K | 3.5% | 3.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Paris, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 21% of Paris’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paris workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | – | A− | D | 21 min | $93,491 |
| New Hartford | 18% | B+ | B | 18 min | $81,173 |
| Litchfield | under 2% | B+ | D− | 24 min | $87,750 |
| Marshall | under 2% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $101,250 |
| Kirkland | 3% | B+ | A | 18 min | $82,926 |
| Chadwicks | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Bridgewater | under 2% | D | D | 23 min | $44,850 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chadwicks: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Hartford. Darker towns draw more of Paris’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Paris: questions
What is the median household income in Paris?
$93,491 (±$14,040) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paris?
5.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paris?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paris work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Utica (18%, 9 mi), New Hartford (18%, 6 mi), Whitestown (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Paris walkable?
Paris is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Paris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.