Hopewell Rosenwald School · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Clarks Hill
The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average; South Carolina averages 26, the U.S. 26. Hardly any work in Clarks Hill; the top destination outside it is Augusta (15%, 21 miles). Clarks Hill has 131 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clarks Hill by day and by night
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2 people are in Clarks Hill on a workday afternoon, 98% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ Clarks Hill’s residents
Where Clarks Hill clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from Clarks Hill: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarks Hill workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where in the region Clarks Hill works
About 29% 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.
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 Clarks Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Clarks Hill?
$45,208 (±$20,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarks Hill?
30.8%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarks Hill?
29 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 Clarks Hill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (15%, 21 mi), Greenwood (5%, 37 mi), Martinez (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clarks Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarks Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarks Hill
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.