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Jobs & commute in Coosawhatchie

Jobs, income and commuting in Coosawhatchie, SC

Coosawhatchie has 17 jobs, against 13 working residents. Hardly any work in Coosawhatchie; the top destination outside it is Hilton Head Island (23%, 30 miles). The poverty rate is 44.2%, next to 14.1% for South Carolina as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

17 jobs based here
Poverty
44.2%
South Carolina 14.1%
Work in town
0%
0 of 13 working residents
Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Coosawhatchie

On a workday 13 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

13live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night43
Workday47
43live here− 13head out to work+ 17come in to work= 47on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.31jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Coosawhatchie: the destinations

HinesvilleHopkinsvilleElginHamptonBeaufort: 1 residents work here (8%)Hilton Head Island: 3 residents work here (23%)North CharlestonRidgeland: 1 residents work here (8%)Hardeeville: 1 residents work here (8%)Bluffton: 1 residents work here (8%)Columbia: 1 residents work here (8%)Greeneville: 1 residents work here (8%)CoosawhatchieHilton Head IslandBeaufortRidgelandHardeevilleBlufftonColumbiaCoosawhatchie
1
Hilton Head Island29.7 mi away
23%3
2
Beaufort15.2 mi away
8%1
3
Ridgeland8.1 mi away
8%1
4
Hardeeville21.8 mi away
8%1
5
Bluffton25.6 mi away
8%1
6
Columbia100.5 mi away
8%1
7
Greeneville, TN269.8 mi away
8%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%4
The top trips

Where Coosawhatchie clocks in

23% of workers
29.7 mi awayHilton Head Island3 Coosawhatchie residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
15.2 mi awayBeaufort1 Coosawhatchie residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
8.1 mi awayRidgeland1 Coosawhatchie residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Coosawhatchie

Jobs based in CoosawhatchieJobs Coosawhatchie residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%38%
Services: health, schools, offices0%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%23%
Over $3,333 a month94%54%

Who does it

29 or younger0%15%
30 to 5435%62%
55 and older65%23%
−84%

Jobs based in Coosawhatchie, 2014 → 2024: 105 → 17. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coosawhatchie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

The commute from Coosawhatchie, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHilton Head Island: 23% · 29.7 miBeaufort: 8% · 15.2 miRidgeland: 8% · 8.1 miHardeeville: 8% · 21.8 miBluffton: 8% · 25.6 miColumbia: 8% · 100.5 miGreeneville: 8% · 269.8 miHilton Head Island 23%Beaufort 8%Ridgeland 8%Hardeeville 8%Bluffton 8%Coosawhatchie
CoosawhatchieTop destinations (size = commuters)
8%Under 10 mi1 residents
38%10–24 mi5 residents
31%25–50 mi4 residents
23%Over 50 mi3 residents

About 23% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Coosawhatchie: questions

What is the poverty rate in Coosawhatchie?

44.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Coosawhatchie work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hilton Head Island (23%, 30 mi), Beaufort (8%, 15 mi), Ridgeland (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Coosawhatchie, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.