Awendaw has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. Employers in Awendaw report 266 jobs, against 645 working residents. The two grades for Awendaw are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Awendaw, in brief
Awendaw and Mount Pleasant trade workers both ways
Mount Pleasant is the top workplace for Awendaw residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Awendaw come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Awendaw workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 645 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Awendaw’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Awendaw is better than 41% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Awendaw’s grade up ($77,010, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (8.9%) is left out: Awendaw’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Awendaw could be anywhere from C− to A−.
25% of working residents work in Mount Pleasant
Where Awendaw clocks in
19% of workers
18% 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.
From Awendaw, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Awendaw workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 747 commuters (the 11% 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.
Who works in Awendaw, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 630 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Awendaw on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 kinds of work in Awendaw
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Awendaw, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 266. 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 Awendaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Awendaw commutes
About 18% 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.
For most of Awendaw, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Awendaw is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.4% across South Carolina, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 843 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). 6.2% of Awendaw households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Awendaw’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000, Awendaw ranks 2,445th of 5,397 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 238 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 243 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 455 | Cane Savannah SC | 1,551 | $132K | 4.6% | 11.8% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,443 | Greenville VA | 1,183 | $42K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,444 | Duncannon PA | 1,465 | $51K | 9.0% | 5.9% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,445 | Awendaw SC | 1,502 | $77K | 14.6% | 8.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,446 | Denison Township IL | 1,246 | $71K | 4.8% | 11.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,447 | Whitehall Township MI | 1,798 | $79K | 13.3% | 6.8% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Awendaw, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Work next door: 25% of Awendaw’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Awendaw workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awendaw | – | C+ | C | 31 min | $77,010 |
| Mount Pleasant | 25% | A | B | 25 min | $124,755 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mount Pleasant. Darker towns draw more of Awendaw’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 Awendaw: questions
What is the median household income in Awendaw?
$77,010 (±$18,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Awendaw?
14.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Awendaw?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Awendaw work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Pleasant (25%, 16 mi), North Charleston (19%, 24 mi), Charleston (18%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Awendaw walkable?
Awendaw is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Awendaw without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Awendaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Awendaw
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.