Joanna has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Joanna are D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. There are 34 jobs in Joanna; 731 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Joanna is behind 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Joanna stands out on work
Joanna is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Joanna, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Joanna has about 610 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Joanna are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across South Carolina. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Joanna workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 731 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Joanna’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Joanna is better than 8% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Joanna’s grade up (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($49,141, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Joanna’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Joanna could be anywhere from D− to C.
Joanna by day and by night
On a workday 727 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Joanna on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
Joanna’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Joanna workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 705 commuters (the 1% 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.
11% of working residents work in Clinton
Where Joanna clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 44% of work in Joanna
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Joanna, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 34. 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 Joanna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Joanna
About 19% 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 Joanna start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Joanna is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Joanna near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 714 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). 9.2% of Joanna households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Joanna’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Joanna ranks: 4,592nd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 209 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 421 | Cane Savannah SC | 1,551 | $132K | 4.6% | 11.8% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 818 | Shell Point SC | 1,439 | $82K | 3.1% | 6.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,590 | South Mahoning Township PA | 1,798 | $62K | 22.1% | 12.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,591 | Fairmead CA | 1,229 | $47K | 32.4% | 12.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,592 | Joanna SC | 1,306 | $49K | 20.5% | 1.4% | 1% | D |
| 4,593 | Livermore KY | 1,197 | $40K | 20.9% | 5.5% | 4% | D |
| 4,594 | Brown City MI | 1,280 | $59K | 18.6% | 9.9% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Joanna, 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 Joanna: questions
What is the median household income in Joanna?
$49,141 (±$24,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Joanna?
20.5%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Joanna?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Joanna work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (11%, 5 mi), Greenville (6%, 43 mi), Laurens (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Joanna walkable?
Joanna is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Joanna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Joanna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Joanna
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.