Work, pay and getting to work in Fingerville
Poverty touches 89.2% of residents, where South Carolina as a whole has 14.1%. Hardly any stay in Fingerville for work; outside it, Greenville is the main destination (8%, 29 miles). Fingerville has 61 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Fingerville
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Fingerville on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Fingerville to work: where people go
Where Fingerville clocks in
8% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
How many miles Fingerville commutes
About 25% 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 Fingerville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fingerville?
89.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fingerville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (8%, 29 mi), Inman (3%, 8 mi), Charleston (3%, 197 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fingerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fingerville
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.