Eureka Mill, South Carolina.
Typical home $148,042 (+6.0% in a year). Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$100 (+15%) since Dec 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $8,360 +6%
- $139,683$148,042 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Eureka Mill$777
- South Carolina$1,597
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Eureka Mill, SC rose 6.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Eureka Mill, Chester County, South Carolina
Eureka Mill, in Chester County, had 1,420 people in the 2020 census. 88% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 12% are rented. Unemployment in Chester County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Chester County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Eureka Mill is a small community in Chester County, South Carolina, where nearly everyone owns the home they live in. Residents are somewhat older than in many towns, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical. Homes cost less than in much of the country, and winters are mild, while summers turn hot. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year.
Work. Most residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, or in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Very few work from home. Across Chester County, some of the largest workplaces are Chester 01 Schools, Carolina Poly and E& J Gallo Winery-Chester County Operations. Joblessness in the county has eased compared with a year earlier, and the number of jobs has edged up.
Things to do. Chester State Park is a protected area a short drive away, and the Sandy River, also a short drive off, is there for time by the water. In or beside town, the Chester City Hall and Opera House is a theatre. Sumter National Forest, a longer drive away, offers more room to walk and explore.
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- 9%of adults have a degree
- 1%work from home
What people in Chester County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chester County had 10,583 jobs in 2025, 1.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 52° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Chester Southeast weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Chester County
- Chester 01 SchoolsSchool district745FTE
- Carolina PolyBags, plastics film, single wall or multiwall, manufacturing738
- United Infrastructure Group576
- E& J Gallo Winery-Chester County OperationsAlcoholic beverages, wine and distilled spirits merchant wholesalers353
- ATI Specialty Materials - RichburgBar, nonferrous metals, made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants344
- Boise Cascade CoSoftwood veneer and plywood manufacturing295
- Boise Cascade CoSoftwood veneer and plywood manufacturing258
- Guardian IndustriesFlat glass manufacturing249
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 30 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,420 people in all across the county; Eureka Mill has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of Eureka MillRelatively moderate
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of Eureka MillRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of Eureka MillRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Eureka Mill’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Chester County and the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro.
Eureka Mill home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Eureka Mill$148,042
- South Carolina$304,319
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Eureka Mill10
Zip codes with a Eureka Mill address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Eureka Mill — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.