Household incomes in Pamplico trail those of 98% of U.S. towns
26% of workers have no commute at all; South Carolina has 12%. 31.7% of residents are in poverty, next to 14.1% for South Carolina as a whole. Pamplico grades D− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pamplico
Why Pamplico gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Pamplico is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Pamplico’s grade up (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($34,545, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Pamplico’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, Pamplico could be anywhere from D− to C−.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Pamplico
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pamplico workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 315 commuters (the 26% 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.
Pamplico on a workday afternoon
On a workday 341 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Pamplico on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
24% of working residents work in Florence
Where Pamplico clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Pamplico
177 jobs are based in Pamplico.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pamplico, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 177. 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 Pamplico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Pamplico
About 22% 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 Pamplico, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pamplico is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pamplico 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 425 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). 6.6% of Pamplico households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pamplico’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pamplico and other U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 872 | Edisto Beach SC | 1,071 | $86K | 2.5% | 5.8% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 920 | Murphys Estates SC | 1,064 | $90K | 14.6% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 927 | Warrenville SC | 1,042 | $53K | 6.0% | 4.1% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,873 | Omega GA | 1,341 | $42K | 34.1% | 2.6% | 7% | D− |
| 2,874 | Shelburn IN | 1,103 | $46K | 24.7% | 1.1% | 1% | D− |
| 2,875 | Pamplico SC | 1,062 | $35K | 31.7% | 5.7% | 5% | D− |
| 2,876 | Maple Grove Township MI | 1,345 | $58K | 23.8% | 11.3% | 5% | D− |
| 2,877 | St. Ignace Township MI | 1,007 | $53K | 19.2% | 24.3% | 7% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Pamplico, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
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 Pamplico: questions
What is the median household income in Pamplico?
$34,545 (±$21,392) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pamplico?
31.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pamplico?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pamplico work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Florence (24%, 18 mi), Columbia (4%, 76 mi), Quinby (2%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pamplico walkable?
Pamplico is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pamplico without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pamplico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pamplico
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.