Santee Canal · Photo: HABS photographer · Public domainBonneau Beach has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Bonneau Beach for work; outside it, North Charleston is the main destination (18%, 28 miles). Employers in Bonneau Beach report 70 jobs; 784 of its residents have a job. Bonneau Beach grades C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bonneau Beach and work: the main findings
Bonneau Beach is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Bonneau Beach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bonneau Beach has about 800 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bonneau Beach workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Bonneau Beach’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bonneau Beach is North Charleston, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (140) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; with 784 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bonneau Beach’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Bonneau Beach is better than 24% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bonneau Beach’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Bonneau Beach’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, Bonneau Beach could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who leaves Bonneau Beach for work, and who comes in
On a workday 777 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Bonneau Beach on a workday afternoon, 47% 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 trip to work from Bonneau Beach: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bonneau Beach workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 10% 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 far Bonneau Beach goes to work
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.
Out of Bonneau Beach to work: where people go
Where Bonneau Beach clocks in
18% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Bonneau Beach: what the 70 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bonneau Beach, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 70. 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 Bonneau Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Bonneau Beach: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bonneau Beach is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bonneau Beach 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 499 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). 12.9% of Bonneau Beach households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bonneau Beach’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bonneau Beach ranks: 3,515th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,513 | Scott Township OH | 1,333 | $61K | 9.5% | 4.0% | <1% | C− |
| 3,514 | Smith Valley NV | 1,807 | $67K | 8.5% | 3.3% | 6% | C− |
| 3,515 | Bonneau Beach SC | 1,516 | $61K | 13.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,516 | Rustburg VA | 1,417 | $73K | 22.3% | 7.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,517 | Hebron NE | 1,384 | $66K | 9.3% | 1.4% | 33% | 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 Bonneau Beach, 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 Bonneau Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Bonneau Beach?
$60,865 (±$22,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bonneau Beach?
13.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bonneau Beach?
44 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bonneau Beach work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (18%, 28 mi), Moncks Corner (14%, 8 mi), Charleston (9%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bonneau Beach walkable?
Bonneau Beach is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bonneau Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bonneau Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bonneau Beach
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.