Most of Murphys Estates commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers work from home; South Carolina has 12%. Murphys Estates has 149 jobs, against 753 working residents. For jobs and income Murphys Estates is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Murphys Estates apart on work
A lot of Murphys Estates workers cross into Georgia
38% of Murphys Estates workers work outside South Carolina, most of them in Georgia, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Murphys Estates is a place people come home to
There are 149 jobs based in Murphys Estates, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Murphys Estates has about 460 people in it, 57% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Murphys Estates and Augusta trade workers both ways
Augusta is the top workplace for Murphys Estates residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Murphys Estates come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 753 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Murphys Estates’ Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Murphys Estates’ grade up ($89,531, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Murphys Estates’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Murphys Estates could be anywhere from D to A+.
20% of working residents work in Augusta
Where Murphys Estates clocks in
9% 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.
Murphys Estates on a workday afternoon
On a workday 749 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Murphys Estates on a workday afternoon, 57% 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.
Goods jobs make up 46% of work in Murphys Estates
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Murphys Estates, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 149. 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 Murphys Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Murphys Estates, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Murphys Estates workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 570 commuters (the 2% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Murphys Estates
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.
Murphys Estates is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 580 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). 3.8% of Murphys Estates households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Murphys Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Murphys Estates next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 920th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 872 | Edisto Beach SC | 1,071 | $86K | 2.5% | 5.8% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 918 | Lewis Township IN | 1,333 | $82K | 3.9% | 3.1% | 1% | B− |
| 919 | Lewis NY | 1,239 | $82K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 4% | B− |
| 920 | Murphys Estates SC | 1,064 | $90K | 14.6% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 921 | Oolitic IN | 1,142 | $59K | 3.1% | 4.0% | 1% | B− |
| 922 | Perham Township MN | 1,062 | $104K | 9.5% | 8.6% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 927 | Warrenville SC | 1,042 | $53K | 6.0% | 4.1% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 969 | Van Wyck SC | 1,065 | $38K | 5.4% | 9.5% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Murphys Estates, 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 Murphys Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Murphys Estates?
$89,531 (±$68,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Murphys Estates?
14.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Murphys Estates?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Murphys Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (20%, 18 mi), North Augusta (9%, 5 mi), Aiken (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Murphys Estates walkable?
Murphys Estates is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Murphys Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Murphys Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Murphys Estates
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.