With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Palermo works elsewhere
For 5% of workers, the job is at home (New York 15%). Employers in Palermo report 176 jobs; 1,510 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Palermo are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Palermo: the gist
Palermo is a place people come home to
There are 176 jobs based in Palermo, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Palermo has about 2,100 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Palermo are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Palermo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Palermo is Syracuse, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (161) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Palermo
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palermo is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #534 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Palermo’s grade up (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palermo could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who leaves Palermo for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,445 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Palermo on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Time on the road from Palermo: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palermo workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,466 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Palermo
About 17% 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.
11% of working residents work in Syracuse
Where Palermo clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Palermo makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palermo, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 176. 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.
Driving is how Palermo gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palermo is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #705 of 758 in New York. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,541 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 57% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 12.6% of Palermo households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palermo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Palermo comes 2,899th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,897 | Burlington OH | 2,807 | $31K | 13.6% | 0.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,898 | Port Vue PA | 3,519 | $58K | 10.1% | 11.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,899 | Palermo NY | 3,437 | $72K | 20.4% | 3.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,900 | Edneyville NC | 2,716 | $54K | 22.3% | 0.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,901 | Baltimore OH | 3,110 | $60K | 12.5% | 6.6% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Palermo, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Palermo compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mexico (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palermo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palermo | – | C+ | D | 27 min | $71,548 |
| Volney | under 3% | C | D | 22 min | $74,848 |
| Mexico | 3% | C | C | 25 min | $59,081 |
| Hastings | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 31 min | $84,027 |
| Schroeppel | under 3% | C+ | B | 23 min | $73,082 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$71,548 (±$13,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palermo?
20.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palermo?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palermo work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Syracuse (11%, 23 mi), Oswego (8%, 14 mi), Clay (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palermo walkable?
Palermo is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palermo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.