Warrenville Elementary School · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Warrenville works elsewhere
The two grades for Warrenville are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 136 jobs in Warrenville, against 419 working residents. Measured by household income, Warrenville is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Warrenville stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Warrenville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Warrenville fell from 484 in 2013 to 136 in 2023, −72%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A lot of Warrenville workers cross into Georgia
26% of Warrenville workers work outside South Carolina, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Augusta (14%) and Martinez (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Few Warrenville workers work from home
Only 0% 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; with 419 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Warrenville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Warrenville is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Warrenville’s grade up (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($53,418, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Warrenville’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, Warrenville could be anywhere from C to B+.
Goods jobs make up 38% of work in Warrenville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warrenville, 2013 → 2023: 484 → 136. 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 Warrenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
21% of working residents work in Aiken
Where Warrenville 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 25 minutes each way for Warrenville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warrenville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 327 commuters (the 0% 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.
Warrenville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Warrenville 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Warrenville
About 23% 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.
For most of Warrenville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warrenville is more walkable than 38% 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 327 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). 9.8% of Warrenville households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warrenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Warrenville ranks 927th of 3,133 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+ |
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| 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 925 | Holmes Township OH | 1,257 | $71K | 6.0% | 2.2% | 4% | B− |
| 926 | Haliimaile HI | 1,105 | $88K | 7.9% | 13.3% | <1% | B− |
| 927 | Warrenville SC | 1,042 | $53K | 6.0% | 4.1% | <1% | B− |
| 928 | Rio Vista TX | 1,241 | $72K | 8.8% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| 929 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 969 | Van Wyck SC | 1,065 | $38K | 5.4% | 9.5% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Warrenville, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Work in the towns next to Warrenville
The biggest share goes to Graniteville (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warrenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrenville | – | B− | C+ | 25 min | $53,418 |
| Graniteville | 1% | D | C− | 19 min | $38,938 |
| Gloverville | under 1% | C− | C− | 21 min | $52,197 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Warrenville’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 Warrenville: questions
What is the median household income in Warrenville?
$53,418 (±$10,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warrenville?
6.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warrenville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warrenville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aiken (21%, 4 mi), Augusta (14%, 20 mi), North Augusta (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warrenville walkable?
Warrenville is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warrenville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warrenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warrenville
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.