Jobs, income and commuting in Inman Mills, SC
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. Only 1% stay in Inman Mills for work; outside it, Greenville is the main destination (9%, 20 miles). Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (South Carolina 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Inman Mills: the figures worth knowing
Inman Mills makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Inman Mills are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Inman Mills residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Inman Mills
58% of Inman Mills residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Inman Mills pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 503 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods, not services: 46% of the jobs in Inman Mills
401 jobs are based in Inman Mills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Inman Mills, 2014 → 2024: 210 → 401. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Inman Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Inman Mills on a workday afternoon
On a workday 496 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 394 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Inman Mills on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Inman Mills’ residents
Where Inman Mills clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 trip to work from Inman Mills: 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 Inman Mills workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Inman Mills
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Inman Mills
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Inman Mills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inman Mills | – | — | — | 23 min | $50,483 |
| Inman | 5% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $63,599 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Inman. Darker towns draw more of Inman Mills’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 2024, 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 Inman Mills: questions
What is the median household income in Inman Mills?
$50,483 (±$15,863) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Inman Mills?
14.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Inman Mills?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Inman Mills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (9%, 20 mi), Spartanburg (8%, 12 mi), Inman (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Inman Mills 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 Inman Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Inman Mills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.