Work & commute · Palermo

Work & commute in Palermo, CA

Most working residents leave Palermo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oroville (26%), Chico (10%) and Oroville East (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,593 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,526 Palermo residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palermo.

1,526live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palermo goes to work

Oroville4.9 mi away

26%409

Chico27.6 mi away

10%156

Oroville East4.8 mi away

5%83

Palermo (in town)right here

4%67

Sacramento59.7 mi away

3%49

Yuba City21.7 mi away

3%48

South Oroville3.4 mi away

3%41

Redding90.5 mi away

2%26

San Francisco143.2 mi away

2%24

Paradise22.8 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%669

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Palermo commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

13%

14%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palermo is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Palermo are

355 jobs are based in Palermo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palermo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palermo

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Palermo residents hold

1,593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+34%

Jobs based in Palermo, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 355. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.