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Work & commute · Palmer

Work & commute in Palmer, TX

Most working residents leave Palmer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brownsville (22%), Harlingen (19%) and San Benito (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 320 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 320 Palmer residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmer.

320live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Palmer goes to work

Los FresnosWeslacoSan BenitoHarlingenAustinSan AntonioHoustonEdinburgMcAllenBrownsvillePalmerRice TractsLa PalomaEncantada-Ranchito-El CalabozBrownsvilleHarlingenSan BenitoHoustonEdinburgMcAllenSan AntonioWeslacoLos FresnosAustinPalmer
1
Brownsville11.1 mi away
22%70
2
Harlingen9.2 mi away
19%61
3
San Benito4.1 mi away
10%31
4
Houston291 mi away
3%11
5
Edinburg36.4 mi away
3%10
6
McAllen39.4 mi away
3%10
7
San Antonio240.6 mi away
2%7
8
Weslaco22.8 mi away
2%6
9
Los Fresnos9.1 mi away
2%5
10
Austin292.2 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%104

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Palmer commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

30%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Palmer is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmer are

3 jobs are based in Palmer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palmer

3 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less67%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Palmer residents hold

320 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month40%
−57%

Jobs based in Palmer, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 3. 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.

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