Withers Building · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainLesslie has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Lesslie is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. Employers in Lesslie report 415 jobs; 1,346 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Lesslie is better than 79% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Lesslie, in brief
Many Lesslie workers cross into North Carolina
42% of Lesslie workers work outside South Carolina, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Charlotte (19%), Pineville (1%) and Asheville (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Lesslie and Rock Hill trade workers both ways
Rock Hill is the top workplace for Lesslie residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Lesslie come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lesslie
64% of Lesslie residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Lesslie 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Lesslie’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Lesslie’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lesslie could be anywhere from B− to A+.
27% of working residents work in Rock Hill
Where Lesslie clocks in
27% of workers
19% of workers
4% 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 29% of work in Lesslie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lesslie, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 415. 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 Lesslie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Lesslie: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,337 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Lesslie on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 trip to work from Lesslie: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lesslie workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,301 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Lesslie works
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.
The commute in Lesslie is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.4% across South Carolina, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,493 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.4% of Lesslie households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lesslie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lesslie next to U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200: 840th of 4,562 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 494 | Golden Grove SC | 2,913 | $73K | 3.1% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 648 | Keowee Key SC | 3,351 | $125K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 838 | Dublin PA | 2,436 | $88K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 3% | A− |
| 839 | Ensley Township MI | 2,723 | $76K | 3.8% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| 840 | Lesslie SC | 3,077 | $101K | 3.3% | 5.6% | 1% | A− |
| 841 | High Bridge NJ | 3,603 | $112K | 3.4% | 5.9% | 3% | A− |
| 842 | West Point VA | 3,595 | $79K | 3.5% | 0.4% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lesslie, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
27% of Lesslie works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Rock Hill. Darker towns draw more of Lesslie’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 Lesslie: questions
What is the median household income in Lesslie?
$100,618 (±$35,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lesslie?
3.3%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lesslie?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lesslie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Hill (27%, 6 mi), Charlotte (19%, 23 mi), Fort Mill (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lesslie walkable?
Lesslie is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lesslie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lesslie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lesslie
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.