Brattonsville Historic District · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0McConnells has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, where South Carolina has 26 and the U.S. 26. Employers in McConnells report 49 jobs; 124 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in McConnells; the top destination outside it is Rock Hill (20%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of McConnells on a workday
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in McConnells on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where McConnells goes to work
Where McConnells clocks in
20% of workers
19% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in McConnells
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McConnells, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 49. 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 McConnells’s own residents hold wherever they work.
McConnells’ commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McConnells workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 104 commuters (the 15% 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.
Half of McConnells commutes less than 18 miles
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 6% of McConnells workers work outside South Carolina. The job records count 21% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in McConnells: questions
What is the median household income in McConnells?
$85,417 (±$17,250) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McConnells?
14.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McConnells?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McConnells work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Hill (20%, 13 mi), Charlotte (19%, 32 mi), York (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McConnells 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 McConnells, from the people who make the trip.
More of McConnells
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.