Cross Keys House · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Cross Anchor has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Cross Anchor report 6 jobs; 45 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Cross Anchor for work; outside it, Spartanburg is the main destination (9%, 21 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 12% across South Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Cross Anchor on a workday
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 59 people are in Cross Anchor on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Where Cross Anchor goes to work
Where Cross Anchor clocks in
9% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Jobs in Cross Anchor: what the 6 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cross Anchor, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 6. 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 Cross Anchor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cross Anchor
of Cross Anchor workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Cross Anchor’s workers travel
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 Cross Anchor: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cross Anchor?
24.5%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cross Anchor work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spartanburg (9%, 21 mi), Patterson Springs (2%, 45 mi), Hendersonville (2%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cross Anchor 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 Cross Anchor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cross Anchor
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.