Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Palmyra Township has higher unemployment (5.5%) than 68% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Palmyra Township itself; outside it, Lawrence draws the most (19%, 13 miles). Jobs and income earn Palmyra Township B; getting around on foot earns it B+. The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Palmyra Township, in brief
Income, poverty and work: Palmyra Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palmyra Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #63 of 151 in Kansas. The poverty rate holds Palmyra Township’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palmyra Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
About 27 minutes to work from Palmyra Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmyra Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,016 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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 a workday changes Palmyra Township
On a workday 2,784 residents head out to work, 556 work right here, and 1,418 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Palmyra Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
Where the trip to work from Palmyra Township ends
Where Palmyra Township clocks in
19% of workers
14% 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.
What the 1,974 jobs in Palmyra Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmyra Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,746 → 1,974. 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.
How far Palmyra Township’s workers travel
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.
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 71% of U.S. towns, #37 of 151 in Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,461 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). 6.1% of Palmyra Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Palmyra Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Palmyra Township is 1,329th of 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 199 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 252 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,327 | Charter Oak CA | 9,442 | $88K | 8.0% | 7.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,328 | Melrose Township IL | 5,506 | $84K | 8.3% | 2.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,329 | Palmyra Township KS | 7,847 | $81K | 3.9% | 5.5% | 17% | B |
| 1,330 | Stillwater NY | 10,198 | $105K | 6.7% | 5.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,331 | Harris Township PA | 5,882 | $103K | 9.6% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Kansas.
How Palmyra Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palmyra Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra Township | – | B | B+ | 27 min | $80,562 |
| Willow Springs Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 24 min | $90,817 |
| McCamish Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Wakarusa Township | under 3% | A | C | 23 min | $99,375 |
| Hayes Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $95,833 |
| Eudora Township | under 3% | A | C | 23 min | $118,632 |
Same-state neighbors only. McCamish Township and Hayes 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 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?
$80,562 (±$13,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmyra Township?
3.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmyra Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmyra Township work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence (19%, 13 mi), Baldwin City (14%, 3 mi), Overland Park (8%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palmyra Township walkable?
Palmyra Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmyra Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.