Work & commute · Palmyra

Work & commute in Palmyra, KS

Most working residents leave Palmyra for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (19%), Baldwin City (14%) and Overland Park (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

556 of 3,340 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,784 Palmyra residents head out of town to work, 556 work right here, and 1,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmyra.

2,784live here, work elsewhere

556live and work here

1,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmyra goes to work

Lawrence12.9 mi away

19%648

Baldwin City2.6 mi away

14%456

Overland Park25.4 mi away

8%281

Topeka33.8 mi away

7%233

Olathe18.5 mi away

7%224

Lenexa21.8 mi away

5%175

Kansas City, MO39.2 mi away

4%128

Kansas City31.3 mi away

3%107

Ottawa15.1 mi away

3%101

Palmyra (in town)right here

3%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%887

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.

23%

37%

33%

23%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmyra is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmyra are

1,974 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

1,974 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Palmyra residents hold

3,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+13%

Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 1,746 → 1,974. 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.