Most of Cottageville commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 46 minutes each way, next to 26 for South Carolina and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Cottageville report 82 jobs for 301 working residents. Only 4% work in Cottageville itself; outside it, North Charleston draws the most (18%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Cottageville
Cottageville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Cottageville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cottageville is North Charleston, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Cottageville is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Cottageville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cottageville has about 520 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 301 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Cottageville, about 46 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cottageville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 478 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cottageville
About 20% 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.
How many people are in Cottageville by day
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Cottageville on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 towns that employ Cottageville’s residents
Where Cottageville clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
What Cottageville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cottageville, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 82. 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 Cottageville’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 Cottageville: questions
What is the median household income in Cottageville?
$80,938 (±$40,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cottageville?
8.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cottageville?
46 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cottageville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (18%, 24 mi), Walterboro (7%, 12 mi), Charleston (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cottageville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cottageville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cottageville
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.