Work & commute · South Palmyra

Work & commute in South Palmyra, IL

Most working residents leave South Palmyra for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (17%), Carlinville (6%) and Palmyra (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 248 South Palmyra residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Palmyra.

248live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Palmyra goes to work

Springfield32.5 mi away

17%47

South Palmyra (in town)right here

8%21

Carlinville10.5 mi away

6%15

Palmyra2.3 mi away

4%12

Jacksonville26 mi away

4%12

Girard11.4 mi away

4%10

Carlinville9.3 mi away

3%7

Virden13.6 mi away

2%6

Auburn17.7 mi away

2%6

Alton35.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%132

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

How far

How far South Palmyra commutes

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

18%

23%

34%

25%

18%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Palmyra is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Palmyra are

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

Jobs based in South Palmyra

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs South Palmyra residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+43%

Jobs based in South Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 163. 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.