Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Bishopville have lower incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
Bishopville grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 29.9% of residents, next to 14.1% across South Carolina. About one in seven work in Bishopville; the top destination outside it is Columbia (6%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bishopville
Bishopville is where the jobs are
Bishopville has 1,906 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Bishopville are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across South Carolina. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Bishopville workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Bishopville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Bishopville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bishopville is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #111 of 168 in South Carolina. Unemployment holds Bishopville’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($39,276, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bishopville could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who leaves Bishopville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,010 residents head out to work, 162 work right here, and 1,744 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Bishopville on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Bishopville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bishopville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 956 commuters (the 5% 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 Bishopville’s employers do
1,906 jobs are based in Bishopville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bishopville, 2013 → 2023: 1,924 → 1,906. 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 Bishopville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bishopville goes to work
About 32% 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.
The towns that send workers to Bishopville
Where Bishopville clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Few in Bishopville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bishopville is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #83 of 169 in South Carolina. Both inputs place Bishopville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,002 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). 16.6% of Bishopville households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bishopville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bishopville is 3,662nd of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 456 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 468 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 627 | Keowee Key SC | 3,351 | $125K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,660 | Green Township OH | 3,185 | $62K | 17.7% | 4.6% | 10% | C− |
| 3,661 | West Mahanoy Township PA | 2,909 | $85K | 20.7% | 11.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,662 | Bishopville SC | 2,829 | $39K | 29.9% | 3.1% | 14% | C− |
| 3,663 | Caryville TN | 2,217 | $56K | 18.4% | 8.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,664 | Grand Saline TX | 3,319 | $50K | 18.7% | 3.8% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Bishopville, 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 Bishopville: questions
What is the median household income in Bishopville?
$39,276 (±$10,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bishopville?
29.9%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bishopville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bishopville work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (6%, 39 mi), Florence (5%, 26 mi), Sumter (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bishopville walkable?
Bishopville is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bishopville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bishopville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bishopville
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.