Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNew Paris’ household incomes are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in New Paris; the top destination outside it is Richmond (23%, 6 miles). Below the poverty line: 23.7% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn New Paris D; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets New Paris apart on work
New Paris and Richmond trade workers both ways
Richmond is the top workplace for New Paris residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in New Paris come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of New Paris workers cross into Indiana
33% of New Paris workers work outside Ohio, most of them in Indiana, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
New Paris is a place people come home to
There are 187 jobs based in New Paris, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Paris has about 1,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 632 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind New Paris’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, New Paris is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds New Paris’ grade up (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($38,527, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: New Paris’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, New Paris could be anywhere from D to C−.
Where New Paris goes to work
Where New Paris clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
New Paris quiets down on a workday
On a workday 614 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in New Paris on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The 187 jobs based in New Paris
187 jobs are based in New Paris.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Paris, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 187. 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 New Paris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From New Paris, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Paris workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 567 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
How many miles New Paris commutes
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.
Most trips from New Paris start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Paris is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 621 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). 4.6% of New Paris households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Paris’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, New Paris is 5,122nd of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,120 | Frankfort MI | 1,280 | $54K | 12.3% | 6.7% | 27% | D |
| 5,121 | Appleton City MO | 1,096 | $49K | 10.9% | 2.4% | 12% | D |
| 5,122 | New Paris OH | 1,480 | $39K | 23.7% | 7.2% | 3% | D |
| 5,123 | Metolius OR | 1,039 | $65K | 18.4% | 4.6% | <1% | D |
| 5,124 | Wortham TX | 1,041 | $46K | 12.9% | 5.1% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 New Paris, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 New Paris: questions
What is the median household income in New Paris?
$38,527 (±$6,971) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Paris?
23.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Paris?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Paris work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (23%, 6 mi), Eaton (11%, 11 mi), Jefferson Township (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Paris walkable?
New Paris is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Paris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Paris, from the people who make the trip.
More of New 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.