Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Palmyra (3.2%) is lower than in 66% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Palmyra itself; outside it, Whitewater draws the most (15%, 7 miles). For jobs and income Palmyra is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (B+). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin.
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
63% of the jobs based in Palmyra are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Palmyra residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Palmyra and Whitewater trade workers both ways
Whitewater is the top workplace for Palmyra residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Palmyra come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Palmyra workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 718 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Palmyra’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Palmyra’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.4%, 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 could be anywhere from C to A.
Palmyra works in goods: 63% of its jobs
748 jobs are based in Palmyra.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 705 → 748. 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 places Palmyra commutes to
Where Palmyra clocks in
15% of workers
5% 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.
How long Palmyra spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmyra workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,186 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Who works in Palmyra, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 691 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 721 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip 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.
For most of Palmyra, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,216 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). 8.4% of Palmyra households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palmyra’s commuters take a bus or train.
Palmyra places 1,302nd of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,300 | Pemberton NJ | 1,406 | $91K | 14.5% | 8.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,301 | New Hartford NY | 1,842 | $83K | 9.5% | 2.6% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,302 | Palmyra WI | 1,720 | $86K | 11.4% | 3.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,303 | Newton Township KS | 2,202 | $90K | 4.3% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,304 | Plain Township OH | 1,653 | $74K | 5.3% | 8.8% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Wisconsin.
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?
$86,058 (±$15,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmyra?
11.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmyra?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmyra work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Whitewater (15%, 7 mi), Waukesha (5%, 20 mi), Madison (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palmyra walkable?
Palmyra is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmyra without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.