Welcome has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Welcome report 925 jobs, against 2,629 working residents. Welcome grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. 3% of workers have no commute at all; South Carolina has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Welcome apart
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Welcome’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the South Carolina average of 26. Time on the road ↓
Few Welcome 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Welcome
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Welcome is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #53 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Welcome’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,094, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Welcome could be anywhere from C to A.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of South Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Welcome workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,366 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Welcome
On a workday 2,594 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 890 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Welcome on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
25% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Welcome clocks in
25% 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.
Jobs in Welcome: what the 925 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Welcome, 2013 → 2023: 1,044 → 925. 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 Welcome’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Welcome goes to work
About 15% 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.
In Welcome, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Welcome is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #66 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of 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 3,457 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 35% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% 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). 4.6% of Welcome households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Welcome’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,800, Welcome ranks 1,695th of 3,218 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 197 | Lake Murray of Richland SC | 7,023 | $119K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 927 | Blythewood SC | 7,233 | $94K | 4.8% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,061 | Lyman SC | 7,103 | $76K | 6.1% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,693 | Montgomery Township PA | 5,823 | $99K | 7.9% | 4.0% | 6% | B− |
| 1,694 | Ben Lomond CA | 6,858 | $130K | 4.9% | 11.6% | 6% | B− |
| 1,695 | Welcome SC | 6,527 | $66K | 8.9% | 5.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,696 | North Brookfield MA | 4,793 | $79K | 12.9% | 3.2% | 10% | B− |
| 1,697 | Reynolds Township MI | 5,687 | $73K | 9.2% | 3.6% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,218 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Welcome, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Next door to Welcome
The biggest share goes to Powdersville (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Welcome workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome | – | B− | B | 28 min | $66,094 |
| Powdersville | 2% | A− | C+ | 36 min | $84,910 |
| Parker | under 2% | C− | B+ | 24 min | $40,043 |
| Judson | under 2% | D | B− | 26 min | $38,646 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Welcome’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 Welcome: questions
What is the median household income in Welcome?
$66,094 (±$18,635) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Welcome?
8.9%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Welcome?
28 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 Welcome work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (25%, 6 mi), Mauldin (5%, 10 mi), Powdersville (2%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Welcome walkable?
Welcome is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Welcome without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Welcome, from the people who make the trip.
More of Welcome
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.