Hanahan has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
For jobs and income Hanahan is better than 75% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). Hanahan has 4,991 jobs for 9,031 working residents. Only 5% work in Hanahan; the top destination outside it is North Charleston (30%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hanahan, in brief
Where Hanahan’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Hanahan’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hanahan could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Hanahan, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 8,565 residents head out to work, 466 work right here, and 4,525 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Hanahan on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where Hanahan goes to work
Where Hanahan clocks in
30% of workers
21% 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.
70% of the jobs in Hanahan pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanahan, 2013 → 2023: 4,607 → 4,991. 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 Hanahan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hanahan: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanahan workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,730 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hanahan
About 17% 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.
In Hanahan, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,068 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 23% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 4.7% of Hanahan households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hanahan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hanahan is 670th of 1,658 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Five Forks SC | 18,656 | $142K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 668 | Mehlville MO | 29,805 | $67K | 7.8% | 2.6% | 4% | A− |
| 669 | Woodstock IL | 25,740 | $83K | 6.0% | 3.3% | 16% | A− |
| 670 | Hanahan SC | 22,415 | $88K | 11.7% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 671 | Clinton UT | 23,797 | $116K | 7.0% | 4.9% | 3% | A− |
| 672 | Kaukauna WI | 18,517 | $80K | 7.8% | 3.0% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 717 | Simpsonville SC | 28,459 | $82K | 6.1% | 4.1% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 722 | North Augusta SC | 26,982 | $86K | 6.6% | 3.8% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | 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 Hanahan, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Bordering towns draw 54% of Hanahan’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanahan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanahan | – | A− | B+ | 24 min | $87,984 |
| Goose Creek | 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $88,178 |
| North Charleston | 30% | B− | A− | 25 min | $62,956 |
| Charleston | 21% | B+ | A | 24 min | $92,414 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Charleston. Darker towns draw more of Hanahan’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 Hanahan: questions
What is the median household income in Hanahan?
$87,984 (±$10,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanahan?
11.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanahan?
24 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 Hanahan work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (30%, 4 mi), Charleston (21%, 7 mi), Mount Pleasant (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hanahan walkable?
Hanahan is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hanahan without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hanahan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanahan
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.