One downside of living in Palmer, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.07 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Palmer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Palmer with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.42% of adults in Palmer have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Palmer in 2022 was $26,966, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,864 for a family of four. However, Palmer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Palmer is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Palmer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Palmer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Palmer also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.22% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Palmer include English, German, Irish, Czechoslovakian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Palmer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
