Photo: Darkspots · Public domainHousehold incomes in Walhalla trail those of 98% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 12% for South Carolina as a whole. 45.9% of residents live below the poverty line, where South Carolina as a whole has 14.1%. The two grades for Walhalla are 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
Getting to work from Walhalla, in brief
Walhalla is where the jobs are
Walhalla has 2,819 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Walhalla is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Walhalla workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Walhalla workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Why Walhalla gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walhalla is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #153 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Walhalla’s grade up (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walhalla could be anywhere from D− to C.
Walhalla fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,291 residents head out to work, 157 work right here, and 2,662 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in Walhalla on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
1.9 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,819 jobs are based in Walhalla.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walhalla, 2013 → 2023: 3,276 → 2,819. 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 Walhalla’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Walhalla takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walhalla workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,582 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where Walhalla’s workforce comes from
Where Walhalla clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
How many miles Walhalla commutes
About 18% 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.
Few in Walhalla walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walhalla is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #126 of 169 in South Carolina. Both inputs place Walhalla 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 1,634 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). 7.5% of Walhalla households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Walhalla’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Walhalla sits among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 98 | Isle of Palms SC | 4,377 | $157K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
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| 666 | Keowee Key SC | 3,351 | $125K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,843 | Glennville GA | 5,023 | $53K | 19.1% | 9.9% | 18% | D |
| 3,844 | Sidney NY | 3,588 | $50K | 21.0% | 9.6% | 24% | D |
| 3,845 | Walhalla SC | 4,320 | $36K | 45.9% | 6.5% | 11% | D |
| 3,846 | Newton MS | 3,040 | $32K | 29.4% | 6.6% | 23% | D |
| 3,847 | Checotah OK | 3,096 | $37K | 18.8% | 7.4% | 19% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Walhalla, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Walhalla and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to West Union (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walhalla workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walhalla | – | D | C | 32 min | $36,327 |
| West Union | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Union: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walhalla’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 Walhalla: questions
What is the median household income in Walhalla?
$36,327 (±$13,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walhalla?
45.9%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walhalla?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walhalla work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (6%, 40 mi), Seneca (5%, 8 mi), Clemson (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walhalla walkable?
Walhalla is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walhalla without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walhalla, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walhalla
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.