Almost no one in Homewood’s labor force is looking for work
Measured by household income, Homewood is behind 66% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Homewood B−; getting around on foot earns it C. 2% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Homewood
Homewood is where the jobs are
Homewood has 1,224 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Homewood and Conway trade workers both ways
Conway is the top workplace for Homewood residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Homewood come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Homewood pay better than its residents’ jobs
74% of the jobs based in Homewood pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 48% of the jobs Homewood residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Homewood. 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; with 700 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Homewood’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Homewood is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #58 of 168 in South Carolina. Unemployment holds Homewood’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Homewood could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily flow of workers through Homewood
On a workday 686 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 1,210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Homewood on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Homewood live
Where Homewood clocks in
26% of workers
14% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,224 jobs are based in Homewood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homewood, 2013 → 2023: 1,173 → 1,224. 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 Homewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the SC average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homewood workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,203 commuters (the 2% 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.
Where in the region Homewood works
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.
In Homewood, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Homewood is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #137 of 169 in South Carolina. Both inputs place Homewood near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,227 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). 0.0% of Homewood households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Homewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Homewood is 2,273rd of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 462 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 473 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,271 | Milford Township PA | 1,962 | $66K | 6.9% | 2.3% | 4% | B− |
| 2,272 | Boggs Township PA | 2,686 | $68K | 11.3% | 1.9% | 12% | B− |
| 2,273 | Homewood SC | 2,708 | $65K | 21.4% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,274 | Alderton WA | 2,706 | $97K | 11.1% | 11.8% | 2% | B− |
| 2,275 | Villa Grove IL | 2,447 | $71K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Homewood, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
26% of Homewood works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Conway. Darker towns draw more of Homewood’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 Homewood: questions
What is the median household income in Homewood?
$64,659 (±$44,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homewood?
21.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homewood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homewood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (26%, 4 mi), Myrtle Beach (14%, 16 mi), Red Hill (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Homewood walkable?
Homewood is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Homewood without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Homewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homewood
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.