Photo: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Palm Tree has lower household incomes than 88% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 37.6% of residents; New York has 14.0%. Palm Tree grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. About two in five work in Palm Tree itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (22%, 48 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Palm Tree apart
Jobs in Palm Tree have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Palm Tree went from 3,996 in 2013 to 9,469 in 2023, +137%. The jobs ↓
Palm Tree’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Palm Tree is New York City, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (2,408) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Palm Tree are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 107 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Palm Tree go to people who live here
Of the 9,469 jobs based in Palm Tree, 47% are held by Palm Tree residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
A young workforce
33% of Palm Tree’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. 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.
Jobs & income in Palm Tree: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palm Tree is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #514 of 758 in New York. Unemployment holds Palm Tree’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palm Tree could be anywhere from C to B−.
Inside Palm Tree’s 9,469 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palm Tree, 2013 → 2023: 3,996 → 9,469. 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 Tree’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Palm Tree’s workers travel
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.
About 19 minutes each way for Palm Tree’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palm Tree workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,089 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes Palm Tree
On a workday 6,560 residents head out to work, 4,477 work right here, and 4,992 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 (0.86 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.
Where the trip to work from Palm Tree ends
Where Palm Tree clocks in
22% of workers
5% 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.
Palm Tree is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palm Tree is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #113 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 40.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 9.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,402 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). 42.2% of Palm Tree households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 12% of Palm Tree’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Palm Tree is 750th among 941 U.S. towns of 33,000 to 64,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Eastchester NY | 34,015 | $156K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Clifton Park NY | 37,775 | $133K | 2.3% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Valley Stream NY | 40,379 | $133K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 748 | Cape Girardeau MO | 40,977 | $56K | 20.8% | 2.6% | 47% | C+ |
| 749 | Kiryas Joel NY | 47,147 | $50K | 37.6% | 2.2% | 41% | C+ |
| 750 | Palm Tree NY | 47,147 | $50K | 37.6% | 2.2% | 41% | C+ |
| 751 | Wausau WI | 40,188 | $64K | 14.6% | 4.9% | 40% | C+ |
| 752 | South Moline Township IL | 36,062 | $68K | 16.3% | 5.9% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 941 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Tree, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Around Palm Tree: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Monroe (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palm Tree workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Tree | – | C+ | A | 19 min | $50,032 |
| Kiryas Joel | under 1% | C+ | A | 19 min | $50,032 |
| Monroe | 5% | B+ | A | 36 min | $112,199 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Palm Tree’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 Tree: questions
What is the median household income in Palm Tree?
$50,032 (±$7,760) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palm Tree?
37.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palm Tree?
19 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palm Tree work?
41% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (22%, 48 mi), Ramapo (5%, 14 mi), Monroe (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palm Tree walkable?
Palm Tree is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 41% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palm Tree without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 42% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palm Tree, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palm Tree
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.