Households in Baxter Village earn more than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 9.2% of residents, against 14.1% across South Carolina. Baxter Village grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 2.2 in North Charleston.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Baxter Village apart
Baxter Village trades workers with the towns around it
Baxter Village has about as many jobs (1,824) as working residents (1,956), but they are mostly different people: 1,905 residents leave for work each day while 1,773 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Baxter Village are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Baxter Village workers cross into North Carolina
26% of Baxter Village workers work outside South Carolina, most of them in North Carolina, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Baxter Village has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Baxter Village went from 1,000 in 2014 to 1,824 in 2024, +82%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Baxter Village
24% of Baxter Village workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Time on the road ↓
Baxter Village and Charlotte trade workers both ways
Charlotte is the top workplace for Baxter Village residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Baxter Village come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Baxter Village’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Baxter Village is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #13 of 168 in South Carolina. Household income is its strongest input ($151,629, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Baxter Village could be anywhere from B to A+.
Baxter Village by day and by night
On a workday 1,905 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 1,773 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
29% of working residents work in Charlotte
Where Baxter Village clocks in
29% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
Baxter Village is a services town
1,824 jobs are based in Baxter Village.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baxter Village, 2014 → 2024: 1,000 → 1,824. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baxter Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Baxter Village
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baxter Village workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,390 commuters (the 23% 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 many miles Baxter Village commutes
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Baxter Village is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baxter Village is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #23 of 169 in South Carolina. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.4% across South Carolina, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,816 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 3.9% of Baxter Village households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baxter Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Baxter Village ranks: 713th of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 87 | Isle of Palms SC | 4,377 | $157K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 655 | Keowee Key SC | 3,351 | $125K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 711 | Moxee WA | 4,765 | $101K | 7.8% | 0.8% | 8% | A− |
| 712 | Hopewell Township PA | 5,600 | $122K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 713 | Baxter Village SC | 4,542 | $152K | 9.2% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 714 | Newport SC | 4,121 | $110K | 14.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 715 | Apison TN | 4,271 | $129K | 12.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Baxter Village, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Next door is work for 13% of Baxter Village
The biggest share goes to Fort Mill (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baxter Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Village | – | A− | A− | 20 min | $151,629 |
| Tega Cay | 1% | A+ | B− | 31 min | $142,000 |
| Riverview | under 1% | B+ | B | 19 min | $135,782 |
| Fort Mill | 12% | A+ | C+ | 26 min | $121,823 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Baxter Village’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 2024, 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 Baxter Village: questions
What is the median household income in Baxter Village?
$151,629 (±$5,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baxter Village?
9.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baxter Village?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baxter Village work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (29%, 15 mi), Fort Mill (12%, 3 mi), Rock Hill (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Baxter Village walkable?
Baxter Village is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baxter Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baxter Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baxter Village
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.