Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Palmyra Township works elsewhere
Palmyra Township has 156 jobs for 836 working residents. For jobs and income Palmyra Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Only 2% work in Palmyra Township itself; outside it, Adrian draws the most (18%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Palmyra Township in brief
Palmyra Township is a place people come home to
There are 156 jobs based in Palmyra Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Palmyra Township has about 1,300 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Palmyra Township and Adrian trade workers both ways
Adrian is the top workplace for Palmyra Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Palmyra Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 836 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Palmyra Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Palmyra Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palmyra Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Who leaves Palmyra Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 820 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Palmyra Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Palmyra Township: the destinations
Where Palmyra Township clocks in
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.
Goods, not services: 53% of the jobs in Palmyra Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmyra Township, 2011 → 2021: 153 → 156. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmyra Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Palmyra Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmyra Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,104 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Palmyra Township
About 18% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Palmyra Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,194 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). 4.7% of Palmyra Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palmyra Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Palmyra Township ranks: 1,747th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 1,745 | South Thomaston ME | 1,520 | $87K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,746 | Granville MA | 1,541 | $84K | 10.4% | 5.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,747 | Palmyra Township MI | 1,999 | $85K | 8.2% | 4.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,748 | Fayal Township MN | 1,799 | $87K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,749 | Temple NH | 1,410 | $94K | 9.4% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Michigan.
15% of Palmyra Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Madison Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palmyra Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra Township | – | B | D | 23 min | $85,208 |
| Ogden Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Raisin Township | 3% | B | C+ | 29 min | $95,766 |
| Madison Township | 6% | C | C | 25 min | $69,643 |
| Blissfield Township | 6% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ogden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Blissfield Township: 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 2021, 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?
$85,208 (±$11,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmyra Township?
8.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmyra Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmyra Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (18%, 5 mi), Blissfield Township (6%, 5 mi), Madison Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Palmyra Township walkable?
Palmyra Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmyra Township 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 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), 2021, 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.