Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Cross Hill has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Cross Hill; the top destination outside it is Greenville (5%, 43 miles). 14 jobs are based in Cross Hill; 192 of its residents have a job. 2% of workers have no commute at all, against 12% across South Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Cross Hill, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Cross Hill 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.
Out of Cross Hill to work: where people go
Where Cross Hill clocks in
5% of workers
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.
Jobs in Cross Hill: what the 14 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cross Hill, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 14. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 38 minutes each way for Cross Hill’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cross Hill workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 217 commuters (the 2% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Cross Hill
About 25% 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 Cross Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Cross Hill?
$40,556 (±$13,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cross Hill?
14.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cross Hill?
38 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cross Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (5%, 43 mi), Laurens (5%, 14 mi), Clinton (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cross Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cross Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cross 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.