Galivants Ferry Historic District · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Aynor
Only 7% work in Aynor itself; outside it, Conway draws the most (25%, 15 miles). Aynor grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. The average commute takes 35 minutes each way; South Carolina averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Aynor: the figures worth knowing
Many jobs in Aynor pay little
37% of the jobs based in Aynor pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Aynor
57% of Aynor residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Aynor pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Aynor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 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 409 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Aynor’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Aynor is better than 45% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Aynor’s grade.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Aynor’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, Aynor could be anywhere from C to B+.
The 569 jobs based in Aynor
569 jobs are based in Aynor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aynor, 2013 → 2023: 384 → 569. 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 Aynor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Aynor: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aynor workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 519 commuters (the 6% 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 a workday changes Aynor
On a workday 381 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 541 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Aynor on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Aynor to work: where people go
Where Aynor clocks in
25% of workers
7% 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.
Miles to work from Aynor
About 20% 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.
Getting around Aynor: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aynor is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 554 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). 4.4% of Aynor households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aynor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Aynor is 1,198th among 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,196 | Blawnox PA | 1,384 | $60K | 16.7% | 2.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,197 | Jefferson Township KS | 1,063 | $67K | 5.8% | 3.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,198 | Aynor SC | 1,068 | $74K | 9.6% | 3.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,199 | Ridgeville SC | 1,230 | $56K | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,200 | Grant Township MI | 1,239 | $81K | 7.6% | 5.2% | <1% | 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 Aynor, 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 Aynor: questions
What is the median household income in Aynor?
$73,984 (±$12,797) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aynor?
9.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aynor?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aynor work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (25%, 15 mi), Myrtle Beach (7%, 27 mi), North Charleston (3%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aynor walkable?
Aynor is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aynor without a car?
0% 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 Aynor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aynor
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.