Palmyra is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Palmyra’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Palmyra has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Palmyra has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Palmyra than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Palmyra may be for you.
One downside of living in Palmyra is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Palmyra, the average commute to work is 33.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Palmyra is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Palmyra isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small town, Palmyra does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Palmyra are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.58% of adults in Palmyra have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Palmyra in 2022 was $86,746, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $346,984 for a family of four.
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. Important ancestries of people in Palmyra include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Palmyra is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
