Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Parma commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
3,757 jobs are based in Parma, against 7,749 working residents. For jobs and income Parma is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in ten work in Parma; the top destination outside it is Rochester (25%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Parma, in a few figures
Commutes from Parma are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Parma has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Parma went from 2,595 in 2013 to 3,757 in 2023, +45%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Parma
63% of Parma residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Parma pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Parma: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Parma’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Parma could be anywhere from B− to A.
Time on the road from Parma: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parma workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,890 commuters (the 10% 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.
What Parma’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parma, 2013 → 2023: 2,595 → 3,757. 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 Parma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Parma quiets down on a workday
On a workday 6,955 residents head out to work, 794 work right here, and 2,963 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Parma 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.
The towns that employ Parma’s residents
Where Parma clocks in
25% of workers
11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Parma
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.
In Parma, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,678 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 34% 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 54% 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). 4.5% of Parma households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Parma’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000, Parma ranks 1,048th of 2,220 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Floral Park NY | 16,105 | $150K | 3.0% | 3.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | North Castle NY | 12,360 | $208K | 3.8% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Victor NY | 16,422 | $116K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,046 | Ocean Springs MS | 18,993 | $80K | 5.5% | 4.2% | 23% | B+ |
| 1,047 | Limestone Township IL | 18,035 | $71K | 7.8% | 3.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,048 | Parma NY | 16,051 | $94K | 8.1% | 4.9% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,049 | Ridgefield WA | 16,132 | $116K | 5.6% | 6.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,050 | Fall Creek Township IN | 16,225 | $91K | 7.5% | 5.1% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Parma, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
15% of Parma works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Greece (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Parma’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 Parma: questions
What is the median household income in Parma?
$93,558 (±$7,855) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parma?
8.1%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parma?
22 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parma work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (25%, 12 mi), Greece (11%, 5 mi), Henrietta (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parma walkable?
Parma is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parma without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parma
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.