Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Jacksonboro works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Jacksonboro for work; outside it, Charleston is the main destination (13%, 30 miles). 32 jobs are based in Jacksonboro, and 113 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where South Carolina as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Jacksonboro
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Jacksonboro on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The places Jacksonboro commutes to
Where Jacksonboro clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Jacksonboro works in goods: 44% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jacksonboro, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 32. 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 Jacksonboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes to work from Jacksonboro
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jacksonboro workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Jacksonboro commutes less than 29 miles
About 28% 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.
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 Jacksonboro: questions
What is the median household income in Jacksonboro?
$113,242 (±$43,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jacksonboro?
10.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jacksonboro?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jacksonboro work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston (13%, 30 mi), Walterboro (11%, 15 mi), North Charleston (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jacksonboro 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 Jacksonboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacksonboro
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.