McPhail Angus Farm · Photo: KudzuVine · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Fair Play
There are 272 jobs in Fair Play, and 287 of its residents work somewhere. For 30% of workers, the job is at home (South Carolina 12%). Only 5% work in Fair Play itself; outside it, Clemson draws the most (7%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fair Play, in brief
Working from home in Fair Play
of Fair Play workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 192 commuters (the 30% 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.
Fair Play on a workday afternoon
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 259 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 (0.95 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 Fair Play’s working residents head each day
Where Fair Play clocks in
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 28% of Fair Play’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fair Play, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 272. 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 Fair Play’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Fair Play commutes
About 16% 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 Fair Play: questions
What is the median household income in Fair Play?
$82,083 (±$13,390) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fair Play?
31.3%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fair Play work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clemson (7%, 16 mi), Greenville (6%, 42 mi), Anderson (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fair Play 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 Fair Play, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fair Play
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.