Because of many things, Palmyra is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Palmyra a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Palmyra has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Palmyra has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Palmyra a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Palmyra, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Palmyra is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Palmyra is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Palmyra has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Palmyra does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Palmyra ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Palmyra, 46.58% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate 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.
