Palm Valley has lower unemployment (1.2%) than 93% of U.S. towns
25% of workers have no commute at all, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Jobs and income earn Palm Valley A+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Measured by household income, Palm Valley is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Palm Valley, in brief
Palm Valley trades workers with the towns around it
Palm Valley has about as many jobs (9,910) as working residents (8,938), but they are mostly different people: 7,788 residents leave for work each day while 8,760 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Palm Valley are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Palm Valley and Jacksonville trade workers both ways
Jacksonville is the top workplace for Palm Valley residents (44%) and also where the most people who work in Palm Valley come from (36% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Palm Valley works from home
25% of Palm Valley workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
Palm Valley has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Palm Valley went from 6,938 in 2013 to 9,910 in 2023, +43%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Palm Valley earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palm Valley is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #9 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palm Valley could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who commutes out of Palm Valley, and who commutes in
On a workday 7,788 residents head out to work, 1,150 work right here, and 8,760 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
44% of working residents work in Jacksonville
Where Palm Valley clocks in
44% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Palm Valley spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palm Valley workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,921 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Palm Valley
9,910 jobs are based in Palm Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palm Valley, 2013 → 2023: 6,938 → 9,910. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palm Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Palm Valley’s workers travel
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Palm Valley, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palm Valley is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #289 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Palm Valley near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,212 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Palm Valley households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palm Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000, Palm Valley ranks 121st of 1,860 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 68 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 93 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 119 | St. Michael MN | 22,498 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 120 | Colchester CT | 15,825 | $122K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 16% | A+ |
| 121 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| 122 | Westbury NY | 15,981 | $145K | 3.4% | 3.9% | 5% | A+ |
| 123 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 139 | Jacksonville Beach FL | 23,615 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Palm Valley, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Palm Valley and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Jacksonville Beach (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palm Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Valley | – | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $116,625 |
| Sawgrass | 1% | A− | B− | 20 min | $122,500 |
| Nocatee | 2% | A− | B− | 28 min | $141,868 |
| Jacksonville Beach | 5% | A+ | A | 24 min | $120,698 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Palm Valley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Palm Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Palm Valley?
$116,625 (±$13,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palm Valley?
4.2%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palm Valley?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palm Valley work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (44%, 18 mi), Jacksonville Beach (5%, 5 mi), St. Augustine (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palm Valley walkable?
Palm Valley is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palm Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palm Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palm Valley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.