Lydia Plantation · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Lydia has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
37 jobs are based in Lydia for 213 working residents. Hardly any stay in Lydia for work; outside it, Hartsville is the main destination (15%, 6 miles). 0% of workers work from 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
What the numbers say about work in Lydia
Lydia is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Lydia, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lydia has about 14 people in it, 93% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Lydia workers work from home
Only 0% 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 213 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Lydia
On a workday 212 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14 people are in Lydia on a workday afternoon, 93% 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.
Working from home in Lydia
of Lydia workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 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.
Out of Lydia to work: where people go
Where Lydia clocks in
15% of workers
15% 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.
Jobs in Lydia: what the 37 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lydia, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 37. 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 Lydia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Lydia goes to work
About 26% 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 Lydia: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lydia?
18.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lydia work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartsville (15%, 6 mi), Florence (15%, 20 mi), Darlington (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lydia 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 Lydia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lydia
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.