Hester Store · Photo: Upstateherd · CC BY-SA 3.0Dacusville at work: jobs, income and the commute
0% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Hardly any work in Dacusville; the top destination outside it is Greenville (16%, 13 miles). Dacusville has 125 jobs, against 159 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Dacusville
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Dacusville on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
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 Dacusville goes to work
Where Dacusville clocks in
16% 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.
Most jobs in Dacusville are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dacusville, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 125. 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 Dacusville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dacusville
of Dacusville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Dacusville
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 Dacusville: questions
What is the median household income in Dacusville?
$51,000 (±$12,861) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dacusville?
5.1%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dacusville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (16%, 13 mi), Easley (6%, 8 mi), Powdersville (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dacusville 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 Dacusville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dacusville
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.