Households in Palmhurst have higher incomes than those in 75% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Palmhurst; the top destination outside it is McAllen (29%, 4 miles). 4.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. Jobs and income earn Palmhurst A−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Palmhurst
Jobs in Palmhurst have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Palmhurst went from 642 in 2013 to 1,496 in 2023, +133%. The jobs ↓
Palmhurst is where the jobs are
Palmhurst has 1,496 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most Palmhurst residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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; with 922 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Palmhurst
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Palmhurst is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #129 of 642 in Texas. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Palmhurst could be anywhere from B− to A+.
What work there is in Palmhurst: 1,496 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmhurst, 2013 → 2023: 642 → 1,496. 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 Palmhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Palmhurst for work, and who comes in
On a workday 904 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 1,478 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Palmhurst on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Palmhurst’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
Where the people who work in Palmhurst live
Where Palmhurst clocks in
29% of workers
15% of workers
10% 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.
From Palmhurst, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmhurst workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 930 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 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.
In Palmhurst, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palmhurst is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #387 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,041 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Palmhurst households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palmhurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Palmhurst is 601st of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 599 | Woodlands CA | 2,061 | $137K | 5.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 600 | Orwigsburg PA | 3,003 | $84K | 3.6% | 1.9% | 8% | A− |
| 601 | Palmhurst TX | 2,562 | $98K | 4.3% | 4.0% | 2% | A− |
| 602 | Coal Creek CO | 2,346 | $134K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 1% | A− |
| 603 | Lisbon IA | 2,239 | $94K | 4.4% | 1.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Palmhurst, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
15% of Palmhurst works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Mission. Darker towns draw more of Palmhurst’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 Palmhurst: questions
What is the median household income in Palmhurst?
$98,125 (±$25,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmhurst?
4.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmhurst?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmhurst work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (29%, 4 mi), Mission (15%, 4 mi), Edinburg (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Palmhurst walkable?
Palmhurst is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmhurst without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Palmhurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palmhurst
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.