Photo: Efy96001 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Monetta works elsewhere
42 jobs are based in Monetta, and 87 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Monetta for work; outside it, Columbia is the main destination (7%, 43 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes, next to 26 for South Carolina and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Monetta on a workday afternoon
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Monetta on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Commuting out of Monetta: the destinations
Where Monetta clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Monetta’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monetta, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 42. 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 Monetta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Monetta spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monetta workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 99 commuters (the 14% 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 Monetta commutes less than 25 miles
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.
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 Monetta: questions
What is the median household income in Monetta?
$59,554 (±$22,503) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monetta?
10.3%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monetta?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monetta work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (7%, 43 mi), Lexington (6%, 24 mi), Aiken (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monetta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monetta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monetta
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.