Utica has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Utica is behind 81% of U.S. towns. 35 jobs are based in Utica; 507 of its residents have a job. Utica grades D 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
Utica at work: what stands out
Utica is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Utica, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Utica has about 870 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Utica’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Utica is Greenville, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (42) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 507 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Utica’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Utica is better than 14% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Utica’s grade up (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (12.2%) is left out: Utica’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Utica could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Utica on a workday
On a workday 504 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Utica on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where in the region Utica works
About 20% 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.
8% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Utica clocks in
8% 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.
Utica makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Utica, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 35. 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 Utica’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Utica: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Utica workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 442 commuters (the 15% 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.
Most trips from Utica start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Utica is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. 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 517 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 27.9% of Utica households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Utica’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Utica comes 4,094th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 209 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 421 | Cane Savannah SC | 1,551 | $132K | 4.6% | 11.8% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 818 | Shell Point SC | 1,439 | $82K | 3.1% | 6.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,092 | Hebron NY | 1,776 | $73K | 17.4% | 8.3% | 4% | D |
| 4,093 | New Hope OR | 1,296 | $65K | 19.1% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,094 | Utica SC | 1,339 | $55K | 26.8% | 12.2% | 1% | D |
| 4,095 | Leon IA | 1,773 | $54K | 10.7% | 0.8% | 22% | D |
| 4,096 | Delevan NY | 1,023 | $64K | 16.7% | 5.4% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Utica, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Around Utica: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Seneca (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Utica’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 Utica: questions
What is the median household income in Utica?
$55,179 (±$32,474) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Utica?
26.8%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Utica?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Utica work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (8%, 34 mi), Seneca (7%, 2 mi), Clemson (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Utica walkable?
Utica is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Utica without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Utica, from the people who make the trip.
More of Utica
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.