Palmview South has some of the lowest household incomes of any U.S. town
42.7% of residents are in poverty, against 13.8% across Texas. Measured by household income, Palmview South is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. The two grades for Palmview South are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Palmview South: the figures worth knowing
Palmview South is a place people come home to
There are 33 jobs based in Palmview South, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Palmview South has about 1,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Palmview South workers earn over $40,000 a year
38% of Palmview South’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 22% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Palmview South are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 658 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Palmview South’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Palmview South is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Palmview South’s grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (15.0%) is left out: Palmview South’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Palmview South stays C−.
How many people are in Palmview South by day
On a workday 657 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Palmview South on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.05 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Palmview South
33 jobs are based in Palmview South.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palmview South, 2014 → 2024: 25 → 33. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmview South’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Texas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Palmview South workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 578 commuters (the 10% 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.
21% of working residents work in McAllen
Where Palmview South clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
8% 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 far Palmview South’s workers travel
About 28% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Palmview South is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Palmview South is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 22.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 642 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). 0.6% of Palmview South households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Palmview South’s commuters take a bus or train.
Palmview South next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 4,313th of 5,656 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 25 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,311 | Woodstock ME | 1,423 | $63K | 11.5% | 3.2% | 3% | C− |
| 4,312 | West Hammond NM | 2,236 | $49K | 11.7% | 8.5% | 2% | C− |
| 4,313 | Palmview South TX | 1,819 | $29K | 42.7% | 15.0% | <1% | C− |
| 4,314 | Mount Olive IL | 1,936 | $56K | 17.8% | 7.9% | 6% | C− |
| 4,315 | St. Stephen SC | 1,623 | $65K | 16.5% | 6.1% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Palmview South, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
18% of Palmview South works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Mission (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Palmview South workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmview South | – | C− | B+ | 18 min | $29,167 |
| Palmview | 4% | C− | C+ | 20 min | $43,963 |
| Mission | 14% | C | B− | 21 min | $60,767 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Palmview South’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 2024, 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 Palmview South: questions
What is the median household income in Palmview South?
$29,167 (±$14,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Palmview South?
42.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Palmview South?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Palmview South work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McAllen (21%, 8 mi), Mission (14%, 3 mi), Edinburg (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Palmview South walkable?
Palmview South is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 23% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Palmview South 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 Palmview South, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palmview South
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.