Photo: Ivan Curra · CC BY-SA 3.0Palmetto Estates has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Florida 16%). There are 1,099 jobs in Palmetto Estates for 6,044 working residents. Only 2% work in Palmetto Estates; the top destination outside it is Miami (22%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Palmetto Estates and work: the main findings
Palmetto Estates is a place people come home to
There are 1,099 jobs based in Palmetto Estates, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Palmetto Estates has about 11,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Palmetto Estates
54% of Palmetto Estates residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Palmetto Estates pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Palmetto Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Palmetto Estates pay little
26% of the jobs based in Palmetto Estates pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
How Palmetto Estates earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palmetto Estates is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #222 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Palmetto Estates’ grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palmetto Estates could be anywhere from B− to A.
Palmetto Estates on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,896 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 951 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Palmetto Estates on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Palmetto Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmetto Estates, 2013 → 2023: 888 → 1,099. 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 Palmetto Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Palmetto Estates, about 34 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmetto Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,169 commuters (the 5% 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.
Out of Palmetto Estates to work: where people go
Where Palmetto Estates clocks in
22% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Palmetto Estates’ commute, mile by mile
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.
Palmetto Estates is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,510 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 6.2% of Palmetto Estates households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Palmetto Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000, Palmetto Estates ranks 1,146th of 2,220 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 83 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 106 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 140 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
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| 1,144 | Elmwood Park NJ | 21,534 | $102K | 11.6% | 7.4% | 6% | B |
| 1,145 | Plover WI | 14,274 | $88K | 9.2% | 3.5% | 12% | B |
| 1,146 | Palmetto Estates FL | 16,129 | $82K | 11.6% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,147 | Valencia West AZ | 14,728 | $100K | 15.0% | 2.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,148 | University of California-Santa Barbara CA | 12,121 | $69K | 17.5% | 14.4% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | 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 Palmetto Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Palmetto Estates
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palmetto Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Estates | – | B | A− | 34 min | $82,064 |
| West Perrine | under 2% | C | A− | 29 min | $66,997 |
| Palmetto Bay | 2% | A+ | A | 35 min | $142,447 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Palmetto Bay. Darker towns draw more of Palmetto Estates’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 Palmetto Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Palmetto Estates?
$82,064 (±$3,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmetto Estates?
11.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmetto Estates?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmetto Estates work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (22%, 14 mi), Kendall (8%, 3 mi), Coral Gables (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palmetto Estates walkable?
Palmetto Estates is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmetto Estates without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palmetto Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palmetto Estates
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.