With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Briarcliffe Acres works elsewhere
24 jobs are based in Briarcliffe Acres for 156 working residents. Working residents average 23 minutes each way, next to 26 for South Carolina and 26 for the U.S. 13% of workers have no commute at all; South Carolina has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Briarcliffe Acres by day and by night
On a workday 156 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Briarcliffe Acres on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
25% of working residents work in North Myrtle Beach
Where Briarcliffe Acres clocks in
25% of workers
19% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briarcliffe Acres, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 24. 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 Briarcliffe Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Briarcliffe Acres spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briarcliffe Acres workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Briarcliffe Acres
About 24% 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 next door employ 25% of Briarcliffe Acres
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Briarcliffe Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briarcliffe Acres | – | — | — | 23 min | $156,250 |
| North Myrtle Beach | 25% | B | A− | 22 min | $72,722 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Myrtle Beach. Darker towns draw more of Briarcliffe Acres’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 Briarcliffe Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Briarcliffe Acres?
$156,250 (±$54,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briarcliffe Acres?
9.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briarcliffe Acres?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briarcliffe Acres work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Myrtle Beach (25%, 3 mi), Myrtle Beach (19%, 10 mi), Conway (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Briarcliffe Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Briarcliffe Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briarcliffe Acres
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.