Most of Piedmont commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns. 895 jobs are based in Piedmont for 2,380 working residents. Piedmont grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Piedmont: the figures worth knowing
Piedmont makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Piedmont are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Piedmont residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Piedmont has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Piedmont went from 551 in 2013 to 895 in 2023, +62%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Piedmont’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Piedmont is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #118 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Piedmont’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Piedmont could be anywhere from D to B−.
56% of the jobs in Piedmont make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piedmont, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 895. 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 Piedmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Piedmont on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,338 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 853 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Piedmont on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Piedmont clocks in
21% of workers
3% 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Piedmont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piedmont workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,775 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far Piedmont’s workers travel
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.
Driving is how Piedmont gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Piedmont is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #156 of 169 in South Carolina. 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 1,938 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.4% of Piedmont households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Piedmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Piedmont ranks: 3,027th of 3,612 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 86 | Isle of Palms SC | 4,377 | $157K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 228 | Lake Murray of Richland SC | 7,023 | $119K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,025 | Dimmitt TX | 4,069 | $46K | 18.1% | 2.6% | 17% | C− |
| 3,026 | Lawrence Township PA | 7,309 | $62K | 13.1% | 7.7% | 23% | C− |
| 3,027 | Piedmont SC | 5,462 | $53K | 25.4% | 8.1% | 2% | C− |
| 3,028 | Clarkdale AZ | 4,806 | $47K | 18.6% | 2.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,029 | Rensselaer IN | 5,681 | $60K | 15.3% | 5.8% | 29% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Piedmont, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
How Piedmont compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piedmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | – | C− | C− | 26 min | $52,764 |
| Golden Grove | under 2% | A | D | 23 min | $72,565 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Piedmont’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 Piedmont: questions
What is the median household income in Piedmont?
$52,764 (±$12,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piedmont?
25.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piedmont?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piedmont work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (21%, 11 mi), Powdersville (3%, 5 mi), Mauldin (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Piedmont walkable?
Piedmont is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Piedmont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piedmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piedmont
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.