At 8.3%, unemployment in Gloverville is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Gloverville are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Gloverville for work; outside it, Aiken is the main destination (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Gloverville: the gist
Gloverville is a place people come home to
There are 159 jobs based in Gloverville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gloverville has about 1,800 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Gloverville and Aiken trade workers both ways
Aiken is the top workplace for Gloverville residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Gloverville come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Gloverville are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across South Carolina. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Carolina worker. 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 912 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Gloverville’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Gloverville’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gloverville could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who leaves Gloverville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 907 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Gloverville on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
Out of Gloverville to work: where people go
Where Gloverville clocks in
20% of workers
5% 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.
The daily trip from Gloverville: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gloverville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 967 commuters (the 17% 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 159 jobs based in Gloverville
159 jobs are based in Gloverville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gloverville, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 159. 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 Gloverville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Gloverville to work
About 23% 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.
Gloverville is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gloverville is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #154 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of 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 1,163 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). 3.8% of Gloverville households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Gloverville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400, Gloverville ranks 3,721st of 4,868 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 309 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 435 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 444 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,719 | Rogue River OR | 2,293 | $55K | 12.6% | 10.2% | 8% | C− |
| 3,720 | Salem NC | 2,377 | $69K | 19.1% | 7.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,721 | Gloverville SC | 2,505 | $52K | 15.6% | 8.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,722 | Bowdon GA | 2,298 | $65K | 18.4% | 2.7% | 6% | C− |
| 3,723 | Tilton IL | 2,537 | $56K | 17.3% | 5.9% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Gloverville, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Next door to Gloverville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gloverville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloverville | – | C− | C− | 21 min | $52,197 |
| Langley | under 1% | C− | B+ | 23 min | $53,646 |
| Warrenville | under 1% | B− | C+ | 25 min | $53,418 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gloverville’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 Gloverville: questions
What is the median household income in Gloverville?
$52,197 (±$26,792) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gloverville?
15.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gloverville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gloverville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aiken (20%, 5 mi), Augusta (12%, 19 mi), North Augusta (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gloverville walkable?
Gloverville is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gloverville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gloverville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gloverville
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.