Work & commute · Palmyra

Work & commute in Palmyra, PA

Most working residents leave Palmyra for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Honesdale (5%), Scranton (3%) and Milford (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

167 of 1,389 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,222 Palmyra residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 1,113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmyra.

1,222live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

1,113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmyra goes to work

Palmyra (in town)right here

12%167

Honesdale12.5 mi away

5%70

Scranton23.2 mi away

3%48

Milford22.2 mi away

3%41

New York, NY83.8 mi away

2%33

Lackawaxen10.3 mi away

2%33

Greene6.5 mi away

2%26

Dunmore19.9 mi away

2%24

Pocono24.2 mi away

2%21

Hawley5.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%906

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%

28%

22%

26%

23%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmyra is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmyra are

1,280 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

1,280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Palmyra residents hold

1,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+21%

Jobs based in Palmyra, 2013 → 2023: 1,059 → 1,280. 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.