WelcomeSC
A town of 6,527. Public schools that outperform most of South Carolina.
Is Welcome a good place to live?
Welcome grades B overall, 41st of 167 graded towns in South Carolina, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools outperform 85% of the state's. On the other side, CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 80% of the country. 12% of residents are 65 or older in Welcome, below both the South Carolina town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%).
What makes Welcome stand out
Where Welcome beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Welcome for work
Where Welcome’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Welcome grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Carolina), ordered by how far Welcome is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Welcome: who provides what
Welcome is unincorporated, so Greenville County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Welcome.
Welcome’s grade for schools is an A
The public schools here belong to the Greenville 01 school district. Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Public school enrollment in Welcome: 1,294 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanglewood MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 652 | D |
| Tabernacle Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 120 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SC on state tests and graduation
Welcome’s grade for health is a C−
For adults in Welcome, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 25%. Of 32 CDC measures, Welcome beats the South Carolina average on 1 and trails it on 12. 16% of adults here have diabetes; 31% get no exercise outside work.
| Welcome | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 21% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Welcome | SC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.3% | 8.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 18.6% | 11.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Welcome’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
In Welcome, 1.3% of working residents work locally. Employers in Welcome shed 119 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 925. The top destinations are Greenville (25%), Mauldin (5%) and Powdersville (2%). The mean commuting time in the town is 28 minutes.
| Welcome | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 8.9% | 17% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $57,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Welcome: mild winters and hot summers
The Greer weather station, 15 miles away, records that about 48 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 86% of South Carolina places with climate records. July afternoons average 89.3°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 90% of South Carolina places with climate records; January nights average 32.4°.
About 4 inches of snow falls in a winter. Also worth knowing: for Welcome, the January low is 32°F.
| Welcome | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 32°F | 34°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Welcome, mostly inland flooding
56% of Welcome’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 13%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 11 claims here since 1989.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Welcome sells for about $296K
Among households in Welcome, 67% own their home. For Welcome, the median rent is $1,103 a month.
| Welcome | South Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,103 a month | $1,058 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Blue Ridge Parkway and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Welcome. Close and well known come first.
40 mi ParkwayBlue Ridge Parkway16.5M visitors a year
23 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium, Clemson
5 mi Stadium & arenaBon Secours Wellness Arena
32 mi LakeLake Hartwell
24 mi LakeLake Keowee
27 mi LakeLake JocasseePhoto credits
Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bon Secours Wellness Arena: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lake Keowee: Inundated_38Oc1.jpg: Matthew T. Bradley from Berkshire County, Mass., USA deriva, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Jocassee: Clemson3564, Public domain
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Everything we know about Welcome
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Welcome
About 3 of every 100 Welcome residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across South Carolina.
Welcome’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Welcome.
| Town | SC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome | #41 | B | B | — | A | C− |
| Powdersville | #9 | A | B− | — | A+ | A− |
| Parker | #76 | C+ | B | — | A | D− |
| Judson | #97 | C | B | — | A | D− |
Welcome, Powdersville, Parker and Judson report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Welcome with a neighbor →
Questions about Welcome
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Welcome, SC a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Welcome grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #41 of 167 in South Carolina. It grades C− for health and A for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Welcome, SC expensive?
The typical home is worth about $206,000, 32% below the South Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.