Photo: US Government · Public domainFripp Island has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
86 jobs are based in Fripp Island, against 286 working residents. About one in ten stay in Fripp Island for work; outside it, Harbor Island is the main destination (13%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 22% of workers; South Carolina has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fripp Island, in brief
Fripp Island is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Fripp Island, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fripp Island has about 550 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Fripp Island
22% of Fripp Island workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. 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 286 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Fripp Island: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Fripp Island on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Fripp Island’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fripp Island workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 commuters (the 22% 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 Fripp Island goes to work
Where Fripp Island clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Fripp Island
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fripp Island, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 86. 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 Fripp Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Fripp Island, by distance
About 22% 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 Fripp Island: questions
What is the median household income in Fripp Island?
$102,778 (±$25,046) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fripp Island?
0.5%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fripp Island?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fripp Island work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harbor Island (13%, 7 mi), Beaufort (8%, 17 mi), Burton (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fripp Island without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fripp Island, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fripp Island
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.