Photo: JonRidinger · CC BY 3.0Most of Palmyra Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 6% stay in Palmyra Township for work; outside it, Akron is the main destination (10%, 25 miles). Employers in Palmyra Township report 420 jobs, against 1,296 working residents. Jobs and income earn Palmyra Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Palmyra Township
Palmyra Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Palmyra Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Palmyra Township is Akron, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (128) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Palmyra Township empties out on a workday
About 1,900 people are in Palmyra Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 2,800 who live here: 1,200 head out to work and 340 come in. 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.
What’s behind Palmyra Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palmyra Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #432 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Palmyra Township’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palmyra Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Palmyra Township’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmyra Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,337 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Palmyra Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Palmyra Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,217 residents head out to work, 79 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Palmyra Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Palmyra Township’s working residents head each day
Where Palmyra Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
What Palmyra Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmyra Township, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 420. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Palmyra Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palmyra Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #978 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Palmyra Township 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 1,444 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). 0.0% of Palmyra Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palmyra Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Palmyra Township places 1,428th of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,426 | Geneva NE | 2,100 | $80K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 28% | B+ |
| 1,427 | Sublimity OR | 2,882 | $78K | 10.9% | 1.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,428 | Palmyra Township OH | 2,801 | $89K | 11.8% | 3.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,429 | Butler Township OH | 3,461 | $73K | 4.4% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,430 | Panorama Village TX | 2,522 | $77K | 12.5% | 2.8% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Ohio.
How Palmyra Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palmyra Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmyra Township | – | B+ | D− | 32 min | $89,141 |
| Edinburg Township | under 2% | A | C− | 28 min | $105,352 |
| Paris Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 34 min | $79,861 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 30 min | $59,321 |
| Milton Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 29 min | $82,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Palmyra Township?
$89,141 (±$19,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmyra Township?
11.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmyra Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmyra Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (10%, 25 mi), Ravenna (7%, 12 mi), Cleveland (5%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palmyra Township walkable?
Palmyra Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmyra Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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), 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.