Photo: Bruce Tuten · CC BY 2.0Most of Adams Run commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Adams Run; the top destination outside it is North Charleston (30%, 21 miles). There are 7 jobs in Adams Run, and 158 of its residents work somewhere. Working residents average 29 minutes each way, where South Carolina has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Adams Run, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Adams Run on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The towns that employ Adams Run’s residents
Where Adams Run clocks in
30% of workers
22% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Adams Run
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adams Run, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 7. 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 Adams Run’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Adams Run
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adams Run workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 13% 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 Adams Run
About 22% 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.
Next door to Adams Run
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Adams Run’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 Adams Run: questions
What is the median household income in Adams Run?
$79,107 (±$49,911) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adams Run?
29.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adams Run?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adams Run work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (30%, 21 mi), Charleston (22%, 23 mi), Goose Creek (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Adams Run without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Adams Run, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adams Run
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.