Work & commute · Palmyra

Work & commute in Palmyra, NY

Most working residents leave Palmyra for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (11%), Arcadia (7%) and Macedon (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

292 of 3,360 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,068 Palmyra residents head out of town to work, 292 work right here, and 1,216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmyra.

3,068live here, work elsewhere

292live and work here

1,216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmyra goes to work

Rochester22.4 mi away

11%368

Palmyra (in town)right here

9%292

Arcadia5.5 mi away

7%244

Macedon6.1 mi away

6%190

Perinton12.1 mi away

5%176

Henrietta22.8 mi away

4%127

Manchester6.4 mi away

4%125

Victor13.6 mi away

3%106

Webster16.6 mi away

3%101

Lyons9.4 mi away

3%96

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,535

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.

30%

50%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmyra is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmyra are

1,508 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

1,508 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Palmyra residents hold

3,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−26%

Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 2,035 → 1,508. 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.