Pleasant Home · Photo: George Maher architect, photographer unknown · Public domainPalmyra Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. Employers in Palmyra Township report 451 jobs; 1,317 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Palmyra Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Palmyra Township and work: the main findings
Commutes from Palmyra Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Palmyra Township and Dixon trade workers both ways
Dixon is the top workplace for Palmyra Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Palmyra Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Palmyra Township empties out on a workday
About 2,000 people are in Palmyra Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 2,900 who live here: 1,300 head out to work and 420 come in. 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.
Inside Palmyra Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palmyra Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #489 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Palmyra Township’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palmyra Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Commuting from Palmyra Township: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmyra Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,239 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
26% of working residents work in Dixon
Where Palmyra Township clocks in
26% of workers
14% 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 Palmyra Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,281 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 415 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Palmyra Township 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.
The kinds of work in Palmyra Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmyra Township, 2013 → 2023: 588 → 451. 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 Palmyra Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Palmyra Township, by distance
About 31% 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.
Getting around Palmyra Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palmyra Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #632 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Palmyra Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,297 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). 3.5% of Palmyra Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Palmyra Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, Palmyra Township ranks 2,207th of 4,882 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,205 | Vergennes VT | 2,559 | $77K | 11.6% | 1.6% | 20% | B− |
| 2,206 | Mission Township IL | 3,738 | $86K | 8.4% | 4.4% | 2% | B− |
| 2,207 | Palmyra Township IL | 2,860 | $94K | 5.5% | 5.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,208 | Bristol VT | 3,759 | $75K | 10.1% | 1.5% | 15% | B− |
| 2,209 | Meadow Oaks FL | 3,705 | $62K | 7.9% | 3.6% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Palmyra Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Next door to Palmyra Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palmyra Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra Township | – | B− | C+ | 18 min | $93,689 |
| Nelson Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Woosung Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Sterling Township | 4% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Dixon Township | 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Jordan Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nelson Township, Woosung Township and Jordan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Sterling Township and Dixon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sterling Township. Darker towns draw more of Palmyra Township’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 Palmyra Township: questions
What is the median household income in Palmyra Township?
$93,689 (±$9,837) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmyra Township?
5.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmyra Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmyra Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dixon (26%, 5 mi), Sterling (14%, 8 mi), Sterling Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palmyra Township walkable?
Palmyra Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmyra Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palmyra Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palmyra Township
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.