Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Palmer is worth considering.
One downside of living in Palmer is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Palmer, the average commute to work is 30.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Palmer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Palmer are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.58% of adults in Palmer having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Palmer in 2022 was $40,449, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,796 for a family of four. However, Palmer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Palmer is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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. Important ancestries of people in Palmer include Polish, Irish, French, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Palmer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
