Photo: Evanoco · CC BY-SA 4.0Clio has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Clio report 70 jobs, against 249 working residents. Only 3% work in Clio; the top destination outside it is Bennettsville (10%, 9 miles). Working residents average 48 minutes each way, next to 26 for South Carolina and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clio at work: what stands out
Clio workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Clio is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Clio, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clio has about 400 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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; with 249 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A commute of about 48 minutes in Clio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clio workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 348 commuters (the 12% 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.
Who works in Clio, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 241 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Clio on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
How far it is to work from Clio
About 31% 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 Clio to work: where people go
Where Clio clocks in
10% 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.
What Clio’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clio, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 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 Clio’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Clio: questions
What is the median household income in Clio?
$36,359 (±$11,301) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clio?
29.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clio?
48 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clio work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bennettsville (10%, 9 mi), Florence (5%, 31 mi), Little Rock (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clio without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clio, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clio
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.