Photo: Efy96001 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Ketchuptown
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where South Carolina as a whole has 12%. Hardly any work in Ketchuptown; the top destination outside it is Conway (24%, 20 miles). The Census job records count 34 working residents of Ketchuptown and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Ketchuptown on a workday
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11 people are in Ketchuptown on a workday afternoon, 76% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Ketchuptown’s residents
Where Ketchuptown clocks in
24% 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.
Working from home in Ketchuptown
of Ketchuptown workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ketchuptown
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.
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 Ketchuptown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ketchuptown?
0.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ketchuptown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (24%, 20 mi), Garden City (6%, 37 mi), Little River (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ketchuptown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ketchuptown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ketchuptown
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.