East Sumter at work: jobs, income and the commute
1% of workers have no commute at all, where South Carolina as a whole has 12%. At 25 minutes each way, commutes from East Sumter run about the South Carolina average. 479 jobs are based in East Sumter, and 433 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from East Sumter, in brief
East Sumter and Sumter trade workers both ways
Sumter is the top workplace for East Sumter residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in East Sumter come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
East Sumter makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in East Sumter are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs East Sumter residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Few East Sumter workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 433 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
29% of working residents work in Sumter
Where East Sumter clocks in
29% of workers
7% 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.
In East Sumter, 46% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Sumter, 2013 → 2023: 464 → 479. 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 East Sumter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from East Sumter takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Sumter workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 477 commuters (the 1% 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 and out of East Sumter on a workday
On a workday 428 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 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.
How far East Sumter goes to work
About 24% 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.
The towns next door employ 29% of East Sumter
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Sumter workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Sumter | – | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Sumter | 29% | C− | B | 20 min | $55,592 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sumter. Darker towns draw more of East Sumter’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 East Sumter: questions
What is the poverty rate in East Sumter?
19.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Sumter?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Sumter work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sumter (29%, 6 mi), Columbia (7%, 36 mi), Florence (2%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Sumter without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Sumter, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Sumter
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.