Photo: Evanoco · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.3%, unemployment in Andrews is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Andrews is behind 78% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Andrews are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 12% for South Carolina as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Andrews
Andrews workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Andrews are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Andrews pay little
31% of the jobs based in Andrews pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Andrews workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Andrews’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Andrews 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.
Jobs & income in Andrews: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Andrews is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #97 of 168 in South Carolina. Unemployment holds Andrews’ grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (27.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Andrews could be anywhere from D to B.
Andrews’ commute takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andrews workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,670 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.
What work there is in Andrews: 531 jobs
531 jobs are based in Andrews.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andrews, 2013 → 2023: 429 → 531. 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 Andrews’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Andrews: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,066 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Andrews on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Georgetown
Where Andrews clocks in
5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Andrews
About 26% 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 Andrews, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Andrews is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #115 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 1,715 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Andrews households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Andrews’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Andrews is 3,358th among 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 309 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 435 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 444 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,356 | Keating Township PA | 2,631 | $74K | 15.5% | 4.0% | 6% | C |
| 3,357 | Hughesville PA | 2,089 | $65K | 16.5% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 3,358 | Andrews SC | 2,522 | $57K | 27.2% | 1.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,359 | Keeler Township MI | 1,982 | $59K | 11.1% | 5.8% | 9% | C |
| 3,360 | Chassell Township MI | 1,893 | $76K | 10.0% | 1.5% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Andrews, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
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 Andrews: questions
What is the median household income in Andrews?
$57,247 (±$28,656) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andrews?
27.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andrews?
41 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 Andrews work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Georgetown (18%, 17 mi), North Charleston (5%, 47 mi), Myrtle Beach (3%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Andrews walkable?
Andrews is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Andrews without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Andrews, from the people who make the trip.
More of Andrews
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.