Work & commute · Palermo

Work & commute in Palermo, NY

Most working residents leave Palermo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (11%), Oswego (8%) and Clay (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 1,510 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,445 Palermo residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palermo.

1,445live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palermo goes to work

Syracuse23.3 mi away

11%161

Oswego13.8 mi away

8%125

Clay13.5 mi away

7%112

DeWitt23.6 mi away

7%110

Cicero16.9 mi away

5%76

Palermo (in town)right here

4%65

Lysander13.9 mi away

4%61

Fulton8.7 mi away

4%60

Mexico6.7 mi away

3%45

Salina18.7 mi away

3%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%651

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

How far

How far Palermo commutes

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

17%

57%

17%

17%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palermo is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palermo are

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

Jobs based in Palermo

176 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Palermo residents hold

1,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+25%

Jobs based in Palermo, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 176. 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.