Dunean Mill Historic District · Photo: Curt Teich & Co., Chicago (publisher) · Public domainDunean has higher unemployment (9.7%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Dunean C−; getting around on foot earns it A−. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 2.2 in North Charleston.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dunean: the figures worth knowing
Dunean has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dunean went from 1,375 in 2013 to 2,338 in 2023, +70%. The jobs ↓
Most Dunean residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Dunean and Greenville trade workers both ways
Greenville is the top workplace for Dunean residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Dunean come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Dunean gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dunean is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #116 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Dunean’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dunean could be anywhere from D to C+.
What the 2,338 jobs in Dunean are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunean, 2013 → 2023: 1,375 → 2,338. 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 Dunean’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Dunean
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.
33% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Dunean clocks in
33% of workers
4% 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.
In and out of Dunean on a workday
On a workday 1,673 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 2,300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Dunean on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 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.
Getting to work from Dunean takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunean workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,633 commuters (the 12% 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.
In Dunean, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dunean is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #21 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,866 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 30% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Dunean households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dunean’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Dunean ranks 3,513th of 4,318 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 93 | Isle of Palms SC | 4,377 | $157K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 519 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,511 | Algonac MI | 4,109 | $57K | 14.5% | 5.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,512 | Eldon MO | 4,785 | $42K | 12.8% | 4.6% | 19% | C− |
| 3,513 | Dunean SC | 3,668 | $49K | 20.5% | 9.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,514 | Mountain View AR | 2,940 | $29K | 23.1% | 0.0% | 32% | C− |
| 3,515 | Tonkawa OK | 2,983 | $59K | 13.9% | 4.9% | 22% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dunean, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
The towns next door employ 35% of Dunean
The biggest share goes to Greenville (33%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dunean workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunean | – | C− | A− | 23 min | $48,553 |
| Greenville | 33% | B− | A | 19 min | $71,472 |
| Gantt | 2% | C− | B− | 23 min | $47,316 |
| Judson | under 2% | D | B− | 26 min | $38,646 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dunean’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Dunean: questions
What is the median household income in Dunean?
$48,553 (±$9,005) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunean?
20.5%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunean?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunean work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (33%, 4 mi), Mauldin (4%, 7 mi), Wade Hampton (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunean walkable?
Dunean is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunean without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 30% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunean, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunean
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.