Household incomes in Gantt trail those of 91% of U.S. towns
Gantt grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 25.2% of residents, next to 14.1% for South Carolina as a whole. Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for South Carolina and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gantt, in a few figures
Gantt has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Gantt went from 4,113 in 2013 to 7,599 in 2023, +85%. The jobs ↓
Gantt draws workers from far and wide
The 7,599 jobs in Gantt are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 24%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The jobs in Gantt pay better than its residents’ jobs
65% of the jobs based in Gantt pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 47% of the jobs Gantt residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Gantt. The jobs ↓
Most Gantt residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
29% of Gantt works in Greenville
1,747 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Greenville, 4.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 10 times as many as work in Gantt itself. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Gantt earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gantt is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #120 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Gantt’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gantt could be anywhere from D to C+.
65% of the jobs in Gantt pay over $3,333 a month
7,599 jobs are based in Gantt.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gantt, 2013 → 2023: 4,113 → 7,599. 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 Gantt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
29% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Gantt clocks in
29% of workers
6% 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 far it is to work from Gantt
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 workday shuffle in and out of Gantt
On a workday 5,839 residents head out to work, 192 work right here, and 7,407 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Gantt on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 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 long Gantt spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gantt workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,205 commuters (the 7% 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 Gantt, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gantt is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #90 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,653 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 40% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.4% of Gantt households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Gantt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gantt next to U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000: 1,883rd of 2,109 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 49 | Tega Cay SC | 14,457 | $142K | 1.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Five Forks SC | 18,656 | $142K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 217 | James Island SC | 12,660 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,881 | Wisconsin Rapids WI | 18,654 | $55K | 14.8% | 6.6% | 29% | C− |
| 1,882 | Valle Vista CA | 18,602 | $67K | 16.7% | 8.7% | 3% | C− |
| 1,883 | Gantt SC | 15,401 | $47K | 25.2% | 8.2% | 3% | C− |
| 1,884 | Hannibal MO | 16,804 | $54K | 19.5% | 5.2% | 45% | C− |
| 1,885 | New Port Richey East FL | 11,939 | $47K | 15.4% | 9.5% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Gantt, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Bordering towns draw 29% of Gantt’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gantt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt | – | C− | B− | 23 min | $47,316 |
| Greenville | 29% | B− | A | 19 min | $71,472 |
| Dunean | under 1% | C− | A− | 23 min | $48,553 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Greenville. Darker towns draw more of Gantt’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 Gantt: questions
What is the median household income in Gantt?
$47,316 (±$7,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gantt?
25.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gantt?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gantt work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (29%, 4 mi), Mauldin (6%, 6 mi), Wade Hampton (2%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gantt walkable?
Gantt is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gantt without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gantt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gantt
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.