Work & commute · Palmer

Work & commute in Palmer, TX

Most working residents leave Palmer for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (18%), Ennis (7%) and Waxahachie (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,114 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,069 Palmer residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 443 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmer.

1,069live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

443work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmer goes to work

Dallas25.9 mi away

18%206

Ennis7.4 mi away

7%75

Waxahachie10.1 mi away

6%69

Fort Worth46.3 mi away

6%67

Palmer (in town)right here

4%45

Irving34.4 mi away

4%44

Ferris7.6 mi away

3%34

Arlington32.4 mi away

3%33

Hutchins15.1 mi away

2%26

Mansfield27.8 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%491

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.

18%

22%

43%

17%

18%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmer is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmer are

488 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

488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Palmer residents hold

1,114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Palmer, 2013 → 2023: 493 → 488. 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.