Nickels-Milam House · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Mountville
Hardly any stay in Mountville for work; outside it, Fountain Inn is the main destination (6%, 26 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; South Carolina has 12%. The Census job records count 33 working residents of Mountville and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Mountville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Mountville on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
The towns that employ Mountville’s residents
Where Mountville clocks in
6% 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.
Working from home in Mountville
of Mountville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 99 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.
Where in the region Mountville works
About 24% 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 Mountville: questions
What is the median household income in Mountville?
$70,645 (±$33,250) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountville?
5.9%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mountville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fountain Inn (6%, 26 mi), Clinton (6%, 10 mi), Greenville (6%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mountville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mountville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountville
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.