Work & commute · Palmyra

Work & commute in Palmyra, NJ

Most working residents leave Palmyra for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Cherry Hill (5%) and Cinnaminson (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

161 of 3,894 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,733 Palmyra residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 1,146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmyra.

3,733live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

1,146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmyra goes to work

Philadelphia, PA5.2 mi away

14%527

Cherry Hill7.1 mi away

5%208

Cinnaminson2.4 mi away

5%182

Moorestown5.2 mi away

4%175

Mount Laurel8.1 mi away

4%162

Palmyra (in town)right here

4%161

Evesham12.4 mi away

3%122

Camden5.9 mi away

3%119

Pennsauken2.7 mi away

3%115

Trenton21 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,047

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.

54%

23%

11%

12%

54%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmyra is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmyra are

1,307 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

1,307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Palmyra residents hold

3,894 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−19%

Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 1,610 → 1,307. 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.