Work & commute · Palmyra

Work & commute in Palmyra, MO

Most working residents leave Palmyra for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Hannibal (20%), Quincy (14%) and Ellington (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

318 of 1,668 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,350 Palmyra residents head out of town to work, 318 work right here, and 981 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmyra.

1,350live here, work elsewhere

318live and work here

981work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmyra goes to work

Hannibal9.1 mi away

20%333

Palmyra (in town)right here

19%318

Quincy, IL12.2 mi away

14%232

Ellington, IL17.6 mi away

5%80

Columbia72.7 mi away

3%53

Monroe City14.8 mi away

2%29

Canton22.9 mi away

1%24

Jefferson City91.8 mi away

1%18

Melrose, IL11.4 mi away

1%18

Kansas City167.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%547

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.

41%

31%

23%

41%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmyra is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmyra are

1,299 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

1,299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Palmyra residents hold

1,668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−2%

Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 1,323 → 1,299. 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.