Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPalmyra Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Palmyra Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B. Employers in Palmyra Township report 308 jobs, and 603 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Palmyra Township: the figures worth knowing
Palmyra Township and Vincennes trade workers both ways
Vincennes is the top workplace for Palmyra Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Palmyra Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Palmyra Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Palmyra Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Palmyra Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Few Palmyra Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 603 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Palmyra Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Palmyra Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Palmyra Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Palmyra Township’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, Palmyra Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
34% of working residents work in Vincennes
Where Palmyra Township clocks in
34% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 51% of the jobs in Palmyra Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmyra Township, 2014 → 2024: 303 → 308. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmyra Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Palmyra Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmyra Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 653 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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 people are in Palmyra Township by day
On a workday 584 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Palmyra Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Palmyra Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Palmyra Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palmyra Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 653 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). 1.3% of Palmyra Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palmyra Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Palmyra Township is 868th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 9 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 112 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 123 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
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| 866 | Texas Township IL | 1,233 | $87K | 2.9% | 0.7% | 3% | A− |
| 867 | Ogden Township IL | 1,506 | $97K | 5.5% | 4.2% | 5% | A− |
| 868 | Palmyra Township IN | 1,473 | $99K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A− |
| 869 | Hollenback Township PA | 1,184 | $89K | 4.1% | 13.0% | 1% | A− |
| 870 | Leon WI | 1,151 | $89K | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Indiana.
Next door is work for 11% of Palmyra Township
The biggest share goes to Vincennes Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palmyra Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra Township | – | A− | B | 24 min | $98,705 |
| Vincennes Township | 8% | C | A− | 16 min | $58,588 |
| Steen Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Harrison Township | 3% | C | D− | 23 min | $87,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Steen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 2024, 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?
$98,705 (±$30,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmyra Township?
2.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmyra Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmyra Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vincennes (34%, 6 mi), Vincennes Township (8%, 10 mi), Patoka Township (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Palmyra Township walkable?
Palmyra Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmyra Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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), 2024, 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.