Most of Palmyra commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
125 jobs are based in Palmyra, against 251 working residents. Only 2% work in Palmyra itself; outside it, Springfield draws the most (18%, 31 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Palmyra apart on work
Palmyra’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Palmyra is Springfield, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (46) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Palmyra workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 28 across Illinois. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Palmyra workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 251 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Palmyra
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting to work from Palmyra takes about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmyra workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 0% 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.
A workday in Palmyra: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 246 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Palmyra on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 towns that employ Palmyra’s residents
Where Palmyra clocks in
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 kinds of work in Palmyra
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 125. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Palmyra?
$44,276 (±$5,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmyra?
8.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmyra?
43 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmyra work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (18%, 31 mi), South Palmyra Township (8%, 2 mi), Carlinville (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Palmyra without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palmyra, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palmyra
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.