James Phinney House · Photo: Itsbrandoyo · CC BY-SA 4.0Eureka Mill has lower household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Eureka Mill are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 40.5% of residents are in poverty, against 14.1% across South Carolina. Home is the office for 1% of workers, against 12% across South Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eureka Mill, in a few figures
Eureka Mill makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Eureka Mill are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Eureka Mill residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Eureka Mill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Eureka Mill workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 580 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Eureka Mill’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Eureka Mill is better than 8% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Eureka Mill’s grade up (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (14.4%) is left out: Eureka Mill’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eureka Mill could be anywhere from D to C−.
44% of the jobs in Eureka Mill make or build things
355 jobs are based in Eureka Mill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eureka Mill, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 355. 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 Eureka Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Eureka Mill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eureka Mill workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 764 commuters (the 1% 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.
Who commutes out of Eureka Mill, and who commutes in
On a workday 566 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Eureka Mill on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
15% of working residents work in Rock Hill
Where Eureka Mill clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
Eureka Mill’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% 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.
For most of Eureka Mill, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eureka Mill is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 774 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). 6.2% of Eureka Mill households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eureka Mill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eureka Mill places 4,606th of 5,343 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 268 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 272 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,604 | Clay Township OH | 1,737 | $49K | 12.5% | 8.2% | <1% | D |
| 4,605 | South Mahoning Township PA | 1,798 | $62K | 22.1% | 12.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,606 | Eureka Mill SC | 1,813 | $36K | 40.5% | 14.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,607 | Joanna SC | 1,306 | $49K | 20.5% | 1.4% | 1% | D |
| 4,608 | Merriam Woods MO | 2,084 | $52K | 25.2% | 10.8% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Eureka Mill, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Next door to Eureka Mill
The biggest share goes to Chester (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eureka Mill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Mill | – | D | C− | 32 min | $36,486 |
| Chester | 8% | D | B− | 28 min | $46,138 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eureka Mill’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 Eureka Mill: questions
What is the median household income in Eureka Mill?
$36,486 (±$26,045) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eureka Mill?
40.5%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eureka Mill?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eureka Mill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Hill (15%, 18 mi), Charlotte (9%, 40 mi), Chester (8%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eureka Mill walkable?
Eureka Mill is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eureka Mill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eureka Mill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eureka Mill
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.