Photo: Excel23 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of West Pelzer works elsewhere
There are 113 jobs in West Pelzer, against 474 working residents. Jobs and income earn West Pelzer C; getting around on foot earns it C+. Measured by household income, West Pelzer is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set West Pelzer apart
The figures behind West Pelzer’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, West Pelzer is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds West Pelzer’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (9.8%) is left out: West Pelzer’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, West Pelzer could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who works in West Pelzer, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in West Pelzer 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.
19% of working residents work in Greenville
Where West Pelzer clocks in
19% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in West Pelzer: what the 113 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Pelzer, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 113. 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 West Pelzer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
West Pelzer’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Pelzer workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 590 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far it is to work from West Pelzer
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.
West Pelzer is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, West Pelzer is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 632 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). 3.5% of West Pelzer households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of West Pelzer’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, West Pelzer is 1,737th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 927 | Warrenville SC | 1,042 | $53K | 6.0% | 4.1% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,735 | Perry Township PA | 1,331 | $70K | 9.0% | 2.7% | 6% | C |
| 1,736 | Pinetops NC | 1,198 | $60K | 13.1% | 2.7% | 5% | C |
| 1,737 | West Pelzer SC | 1,038 | $54K | 17.8% | 9.8% | 1% | C |
| 1,738 | Cassian WI | 1,086 | $80K | 9.9% | 2.9% | 2% | C |
| 1,739 | Charlotte Hall MD | 1,172 | $84K | 20.3% | 4.9% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 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 West Pelzer, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
West Pelzer and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Pelzer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Pelzer | – | C | C+ | 25 min | $53,750 |
| Pelzer | under 2% | C | C+ | 30 min | $58,134 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Pelzer’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 West Pelzer: questions
What is the median household income in West Pelzer?
$53,750 (±$14,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Pelzer?
17.8%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Pelzer?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Pelzer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (19%, 15 mi), Anderson (3%, 13 mi), Columbia (3%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is West Pelzer walkable?
West Pelzer is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Pelzer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Pelzer, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Pelzer
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.