Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Landrum are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 19.5% of residents, next to 14.1% for South Carolina as a whole. Jobs and income earn Landrum C; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in ten work in Landrum; the top destination outside it is Spartanburg (7%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Landrum in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Landrum
52% of Landrum residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Landrum pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Landrum pay little
29% of the jobs based in Landrum pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; with 988 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Landrum’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Landrum is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #93 of 168 in South Carolina. Unemployment holds Landrum’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($44,238, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Landrum could be anywhere from D to B−.
What the 1,023 jobs in Landrum are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Landrum, 2013 → 2023: 943 → 1,023. 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 Landrum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Landrum, and who commutes in
On a workday 898 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 933 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
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 Landrum’s residents
Where Landrum clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
From Landrum, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Landrum workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 948 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far Landrum’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
Landrum is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Landrum is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #45 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,030 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). 9.5% of Landrum households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Landrum’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Landrum is 3,389th of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 490 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 502 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 668 | Keowee Key SC | 3,351 | $125K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,387 | Dannemora NY | 3,291 | $78K | 12.0% | 6.5% | 7% | C |
| 3,388 | Milaca MN | 3,041 | $50K | 16.9% | 3.1% | 19% | C |
| 3,389 | Landrum SC | 2,865 | $44K | 19.5% | 2.7% | 9% | C |
| 3,390 | Timber Township IL | 2,234 | $74K | 14.1% | 7.4% | 6% | C |
| 3,391 | Wheeler Township MI | 2,569 | $61K | 12.3% | 4.9% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Landrum, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Work in the towns next to Landrum
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Landrum workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landrum | – | C | B+ | 27 min | $44,238 |
| Campobello | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Campobello: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Landrum’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 Landrum: questions
What is the median household income in Landrum?
$44,238 (±$14,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Landrum?
19.5%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Landrum?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Landrum work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spartanburg (7%, 22 mi), Greenville (6%, 26 mi), Columbus (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Landrum walkable?
Landrum is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Landrum without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Landrum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Landrum
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.