Palmyra is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 902 people and just one neighborhood, Palmyra is the 342nd largest community in Indiana.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Palmyra is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Palmyra is a town of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Palmyra who work in healthcare suport services (16.93%), food service (10.25%), and management occupations (9.35%).
Also of interest is that Palmyra has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.22% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in Palmyra, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.93 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Palmyra doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Palmyra has a very low overall level of education: only 8.24% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Palmyra in 2022 was $22,623, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,492 for a family of four. However, Palmyra contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Palmyra home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Palmyra residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Palmyra include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Palmyra is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Portuguese.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Palmyra, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Palmyra are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 58.6% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 39.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.6%), and 13.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Palmyra, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report English roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.6%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (29.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (85.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.