Capitol View’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 9.4 in Columbia. The poverty rate is 10.6%, where South Carolina as a whole has 14.1%. Jobs and income earn Capitol View C; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Capitol View
Capitol View and Columbia trade workers both ways
Columbia is the top workplace for Capitol View residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Capitol View come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Capitol View are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across South Carolina. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Capitol View is a place people come home to
There are 461 jobs based in Capitol View, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Capitol View has about 3,200 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Capitol View pay little
26% of the jobs based in Capitol View pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
What’s behind Capitol View’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Capitol View is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #95 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Capitol View’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (13.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Capitol View could be anywhere from C− to A−.
37% of working residents work in Columbia
Where Capitol View clocks in
37% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Capitol View’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Capitol View workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,873 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Capitol View
On a workday 1,647 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 447 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Capitol View on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.28 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 2023, primary jobs.
What Capitol View’s employers do
461 jobs are based in Capitol View.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Capitol View, 2013 → 2023: 414 → 461. 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 Capitol View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Capitol View
About 19% 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.
Capitol View is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,963 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 98% 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 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 6.3% of Capitol View households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Capitol View’s commuters take a bus or train.
Capitol View next to U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900: 2,918th of 3,908 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Isle of Palms SC | 4,377 | $157K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 654 | Keowee Key SC | 3,351 | $125K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,916 | Minden NY | 4,226 | $44K | 18.0% | 1.1% | 10% | C |
| 2,917 | Bayou Vista LA | 3,842 | $41K | 24.6% | 2.0% | 10% | C |
| 2,918 | Capitol View SC | 4,374 | $47K | 10.6% | 13.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,919 | Huntsville AR | 3,576 | $58K | 19.8% | 3.3% | 32% | C |
| 2,920 | Casey Township IL | 3,413 | $60K | 8.2% | 5.4% | 27% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Capitol View, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Next door is work for 37% of Capitol View
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Capitol View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol View | – | C | A | 20 min | $46,645 |
| Columbia | 37% | C− | A+ | 18 min | $55,529 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbia. Darker towns draw more of Capitol View’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 Capitol View: questions
What is the median household income in Capitol View?
$46,645 (±$6,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Capitol View?
10.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Capitol View?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Capitol View work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (37%, 5 mi), Cayce (2%, 7 mi), Forest Acres (2%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Capitol View walkable?
Capitol View is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Capitol View without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Capitol View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Capitol View
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.