Palermo has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 8% of workers, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%. There are 330 jobs in Palermo for 1,290 working residents. Only 2% stay in Palermo for work; outside it, Upper Township is the main destination (13%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Palermo at work: what stands out
Commutes from Palermo are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Palermo is a place people come home to
There are 330 jobs based in Palermo, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Palermo has about 1,700 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Palermo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palermo workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,061 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% 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 Palermo by day
On a workday 1,269 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Palermo on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where Palermo goes to work
Where Palermo clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
65% of the jobs in Palermo pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palermo, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 330. 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 Palermo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Palermo
About 22% 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.
Next door to Palermo
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palermo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palermo | – | — | — | 24 min | $101,005 |
| Marmora | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Seaville | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marmora and Seaville: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Palermo’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 Palermo: questions
What is the median household income in Palermo?
$101,005 (±$11,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palermo?
2.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palermo?
24 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palermo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Township (13%, 3 mi), Ocean City (9%, 5 mi), Middle Township (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Palermo 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 Palermo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palermo
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.