Photo: Excel23 · CC BY-SA 4.0Mauldin has higher unemployment (4.9%) than 60% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Mauldin B+; getting around on foot earns it B. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. Measured by household income, Mauldin is ahead of 59% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mauldin: the figures worth knowing
Mauldin draws workers from far and wide
The 18,628 jobs in Mauldin are filled from a wide area. Mauldin’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 74% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most Mauldin residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Mauldin is where the jobs are
Mauldin has 18,628 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Mauldin 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 ↓
28% of Mauldin works in Greenville
3,251 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Greenville, 5.1 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in Mauldin itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Mauldin’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mauldin is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #40 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Mauldin’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mauldin could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Who travels to work in Mauldin, and from where
Where Mauldin clocks in
28% 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.
Half of Mauldin commutes less than 7 miles
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.
Who commutes out of Mauldin, and who commutes in
On a workday 10,874 residents head out to work, 911 work right here, and 17,717 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38,000 people are in Mauldin on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 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.
The daily trip from Mauldin: 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 Mauldin workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,825 commuters (the 16% 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.
Inside Mauldin’s 18,628 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mauldin, 2013 → 2023: 15,058 → 18,628. 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 Mauldin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Mauldin commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mauldin is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #58 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 14,152 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 35% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 4.8% of Mauldin households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mauldin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Mauldin is 717th among 1,334 U.S. towns of 22,000 to 42,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Fort Mill SC | 38,673 | $122K | 4.8% | 2.3% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 276 | Bluffton SC | 36,807 | $111K | 4.3% | 2.2% | 19% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 550 | Hanahan SC | 22,415 | $88K | 11.7% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 715 | Muhlenberg Township PA | 22,504 | $88K | 7.6% | 5.8% | 12% | B+ |
| 716 | Carteret NJ | 25,781 | $97K | 8.2% | 10.1% | 9% | B+ |
| 717 | Mauldin SC | 31,465 | $82K | 8.4% | 4.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 718 | University City MO | 34,657 | $81K | 14.5% | 3.8% | 4% | B |
| 719 | Delta Township MI | 33,175 | $84K | 7.8% | 5.3% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,334 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Mauldin, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
28% of Mauldin works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mauldin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauldin | – | B+ | B | 21 min | $82,331 |
| Greenville | 28% | B− | A | 19 min | $71,472 |
| Conestee | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Conestee: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Greenville. Darker towns draw more of Mauldin’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 Mauldin: questions
What is the median household income in Mauldin?
$82,331 (±$4,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mauldin?
8.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mauldin?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mauldin work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (28%, 5 mi), Simpsonville (2%, 4 mi), Greer (2%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mauldin walkable?
Mauldin is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mauldin without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mauldin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mauldin
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.