Work & commute · Palmyra

Work & commute in Palmyra, IL

Most working residents leave Palmyra for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (18%), South Palmyra (8%) and Carlinville (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 246 Palmyra residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmyra.

246live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmyra goes to work

Springfield30.9 mi away

18%46

South Palmyra2.3 mi away

8%20

Carlinville12.6 mi away

6%15

Girard11.4 mi away

4%9

Virden13 mi away

2%6

Auburn16.6 mi away

2%6

Palmyra (in town)right here

2%5

Jacksonville23.9 mi away

2%5

Alton37.6 mi away

2%5

Belleville63.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%130

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

How far

How far Palmyra commutes

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

11%

27%

34%

29%

11%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmyra is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmyra are

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

Jobs based in Palmyra

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities76%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Palmyra residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+6%

Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 125. 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.