Stono River Slave Rebellion Site · Photo: ProfReader · CC BY-SA 3.0Hollywood has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
854 jobs are based in Hollywood, against 2,346 working residents. Jobs and income earn Hollywood B; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 4% work in Hollywood; the top destination outside it is Charleston (29%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hollywood at work: what stands out
Hollywood and Charleston trade workers both ways
Charleston is the top workplace for Hollywood residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Hollywood come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hollywood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Hollywood has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hollywood went from 544 in 2013 to 854 in 2023, +57%. The jobs ↓
Hollywood makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Hollywood are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hollywood residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Hollywood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hollywood is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #45 of 168 in South Carolina. Unemployment holds Hollywood’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hollywood could be anywhere from C− to A.
Out of Hollywood to work: where people go
Where Hollywood clocks in
29% 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.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Hollywood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hollywood workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,130 commuters (the 15% 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.
A place that makes things: 35% of Hollywood’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hollywood, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 854. 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 Hollywood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Hollywood
On a workday 2,255 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 763 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Hollywood on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hollywood
About 18% 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 Hollywood, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hollywood is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #92 of 169 in South Carolina. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.4% across South Carolina, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,513 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.2% of Hollywood households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hollywood’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hollywood is 1,529th of 3,428 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Isle of Palms SC | 4,377 | $157K | 2.5% | 1.3% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 211 | Lake Murray of Richland SC | 7,023 | $119K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 700 | Baxter Village SC | 4,542 | $152K | 9.2% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,527 | Jersey Shore PA | 4,048 | $72K | 7.0% | 3.1% | 15% | B |
| 1,528 | Douglass Hills KY | 5,575 | $78K | 6.4% | 8.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,529 | Hollywood SC | 5,652 | $74K | 12.2% | 2.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,530 | Brownstown Township IN | 5,851 | $72K | 7.3% | 1.9% | 19% | B |
| 1,531 | Bagley Township MI | 6,104 | $77K | 6.7% | 2.0% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,428 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hollywood, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
The towns next door employ 32% of Hollywood
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hollywood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood | – | B | B− | 35 min | $73,693 |
| Charleston | 29% | B+ | A | 24 min | $92,414 |
| Meggett | 2% | B | D | 34 min | $97,865 |
| Ravenel | 1% | B | C+ | 28 min | $82,738 |
| Adams Run | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Run: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Charleston. Darker towns draw more of Hollywood’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 Hollywood: questions
What is the median household income in Hollywood?
$73,693 (±$34,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hollywood?
12.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hollywood?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hollywood work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (29%, 14 mi), North Charleston (21%, 14 mi), Mount Pleasant (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hollywood walkable?
Hollywood is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hollywood without a car?
0% 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 Hollywood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hollywood
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.