Photo: mogollon_1 · CC BY 2.0How Ehrhardt works: jobs, income and commuting
Working residents average 86 minutes each way, where South Carolina has 26 and the U.S. 26. Only 5% work in Ehrhardt itself; outside it, Columbia draws the most (4%, 65 miles). There are 224 jobs in Ehrhardt, and 225 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ehrhardt: the gist
Ehrhardt workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 86 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 659 hours of commuting, 460 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
50% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 86 minutes to work from Ehrhardt
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 27.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ehrhardt workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 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.
Where in the region Ehrhardt works
About 50% 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.
Ehrhardt by day and by night
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 212 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 (1.00 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 Ehrhardt goes to work
Where Ehrhardt clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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 Ehrhardt, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ehrhardt, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 224. 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 Ehrhardt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Ehrhardt: questions
What is the median household income in Ehrhardt?
$34,868 (±$8,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ehrhardt?
10.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ehrhardt?
86 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 Ehrhardt work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (4%, 65 mi), North Charleston (4%, 56 mi), Charleston (4%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ehrhardt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 34% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ehrhardt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ehrhardt
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.