Photo: JonRidinger · CC BY 3.0Palmyra has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Palmyra B; getting around on foot earns it C−. 1,508 jobs are based in Palmyra, against 3,360 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Palmyra apart
Palmyra makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Palmyra are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Palmyra residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Palmyra are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Palmyra’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Palmyra is Rochester, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (368) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Palmyra than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Palmyra fell from 2,035 in 2013 to 1,508 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Palmyra gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palmyra is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #296 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Palmyra’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($67,113, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palmyra could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Palmyra works in goods: 46% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 2,035 → 1,508. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Palmyra: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmyra workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,317 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Palmyra
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.
Who leaves Palmyra for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,068 residents head out to work, 292 work right here, and 1,216 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 people are in Palmyra on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
11% of working residents work in Rochester
Where Palmyra clocks in
11% 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.
In Palmyra, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palmyra is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #697 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Palmyra near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,579 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 11% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 5.2% of Palmyra households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Palmyra’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900, Palmyra ranks 1,337th of 3,154 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 15 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,335 | Winthrop Harbor IL | 6,525 | $96K | 5.2% | 9.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,336 | Oakland ME | 6,361 | $78K | 8.1% | 1.7% | 14% | B |
| 1,337 | Palmyra NY | 7,319 | $67K | 8.1% | 2.2% | 9% | B |
| 1,338 | Bear Valley Springs CA | 5,912 | $120K | 4.6% | 3.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,339 | White Oak TX | 6,186 | $101K | 7.4% | 5.0% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
17% of Palmyra works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palmyra workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra | – | B | C− | 25 min | $67,113 |
| Marion | under 3% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $80,469 |
| Macedon | 6% | B+ | C | 24 min | $95,313 |
| Arcadia | 7% | C+ | B | 23 min | $63,398 |
| Manchester | 4% | B | C | 22 min | $68,800 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Arcadia. Darker towns draw more of Palmyra’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: questions
What is the median household income in Palmyra?
$67,113 (±$7,125) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmyra?
8.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmyra?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmyra work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (11%, 22 mi), Arcadia (7%, 6 mi), Macedon (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palmyra walkable?
Palmyra is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmyra without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palmyra, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palmyra
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.