Photo: BeaufortTiger · Public domainMore people are out of work in Hardeeville (7.3%) than in 84% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way; South Carolina averages 26, the U.S. 26. Hardeeville grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 6% work in Hardeeville; the top destination outside it is Hilton Head Island (15%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hardeeville apart
Inside Hardeeville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hardeeville is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #85 of 168 in South Carolina. Household income holds Hardeeville’s grade up ($78,365, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hardeeville could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The 2,201 jobs based in Hardeeville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hardeeville, 2013 → 2023: 1,424 → 2,201. 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 Hardeeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Hardeeville
On a workday 2,512 residents head out to work, 156 work right here, and 2,045 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 (0.82 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.
Out of Hardeeville to work: where people go
Where Hardeeville clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Hardeeville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hardeeville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,462 commuters (the 14% 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.
How many miles Hardeeville commutes
About 24% 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.
Most trips from Hardeeville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hardeeville is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #100 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 4,045 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Hardeeville households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hardeeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hardeeville is 1,462nd of 1,888 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Tega Cay SC | 14,457 | $142K | 1.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Five Forks SC | 18,656 | $142K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | James Island SC | 12,660 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,460 | Newton IA | 15,741 | $58K | 11.1% | 5.7% | 32% | C |
| 1,461 | Webb City MO | 13,459 | $65K | 20.5% | 4.3% | 10% | C |
| 1,462 | Hardeeville SC | 16,459 | $78K | 11.8% | 7.3% | 6% | C |
| 1,463 | Elko NV | 21,019 | $79K | 13.8% | 5.2% | 56% | C |
| 1,464 | Tiffin OH | 17,803 | $56K | 14.8% | 3.8% | 34% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | 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 Hardeeville, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
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 Hardeeville: questions
What is the median household income in Hardeeville?
$78,365 (±$10,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hardeeville?
11.8%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hardeeville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hardeeville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hilton Head Island (15%, 19 mi), Bluffton (12%, 8 mi), Savannah (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hardeeville walkable?
Hardeeville is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hardeeville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hardeeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardeeville
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.