Fewer people are out of work in Mayo (0.7%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
Only 1% stay in Mayo for work; outside it, Spartanburg is the main destination (16%, 10 miles). Mayo grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average; South Carolina averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mayo: the gist
Mayo is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Mayo, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mayo has about 1,700 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Mayo 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 ↓
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 715 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Mayo gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mayo is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Mayo’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($64,050, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mayo could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many people are in Mayo by day
On a workday 705 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Mayo on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.13 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of South Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mayo workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,054 commuters (the 11% 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 Mayo goes to work
Where Mayo clocks in
16% 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.
What the 93 jobs in Mayo are
93 jobs are based in Mayo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayo, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 93. 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 Mayo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mayo
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 Mayo start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mayo is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.4% across South Carolina, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,190 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). 4.8% of Mayo households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mayo’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,721st of 5,328: where Mayo ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 305 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 310 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 432 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,719 | Muddy Creek Township PA | 2,168 | $83K | 5.0% | 6.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,720 | Berry College GA | 1,647 | — | 0.0% | 7.2% | 0% | B |
| 1,721 | Mayo SC | 2,305 | $64K | 10.9% | 0.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,722 | Duluth WA | 1,656 | $92K | 14.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,723 | La Porte City IA | 2,238 | $71K | 10.7% | 1.8% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Mayo, 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 Mayo: questions
What is the median household income in Mayo?
$64,050 (±$21,405) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayo?
10.9%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayo?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mayo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spartanburg (16%, 10 mi), Southern Shops (4%, 11 mi), Gaffney (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mayo walkable?
Mayo is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mayo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mayo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mayo
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.