Pompion Hill Chapel · Photo: Frederick D. Nichols · Public domainHouseholds in Pimlico have higher incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
4.8% of residents live below the poverty line (South Carolina 14.1%). For jobs and income Pimlico is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Hardly any stay in Pimlico for work; outside it, North Charleston is the main destination (26%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pimlico apart on work
Income, poverty and work: Pimlico’s grade explained
Household income is its strongest input ($137,070, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Pimlico’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, Pimlico could be anywhere from B to A+.
In and out of Pimlico on a workday
On a workday 571 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Pimlico on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.04 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 Pimlico to work: where people go
Where Pimlico clocks in
26% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Pimlico
24 jobs are based in Pimlico.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pimlico, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 24. 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 Pimlico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of South Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pimlico workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 875 commuters (the 11% 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 distance from Pimlico to work
About 16% 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.
Most of Pimlico commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pimlico is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Pimlico 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 982 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). 0.0% of Pimlico households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pimlico’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400, Pimlico ranks 289th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 287 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 288 | Weller Township OH | 1,874 | $97K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 289 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| 290 | Winchester MO | 1,400 | $88K | 4.5% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 291 | Rhome TX | 1,961 | $101K | 4.3% | 4.5% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 293 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 414 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Cane Savannah SC | 1,551 | $132K | 4.6% | 11.8% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Pimlico, 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 Pimlico: questions
What is the median household income in Pimlico?
$137,070 (±$66,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pimlico?
4.8%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pimlico?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pimlico work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (26%, 14 mi), Charleston (15%, 19 mi), Moncks Corner (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pimlico walkable?
Pimlico is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pimlico without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pimlico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pimlico
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.