Photo: Evanoco · CC BY-SA 4.0How Neeses works: jobs, income and commuting
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, next to 12% for South Carolina as a whole. Only 3% work in Neeses itself; outside it, Orangeburg draws the most (13%, 15 miles). The average commute takes 40 minutes each way; 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
A workday in Neeses: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Neeses on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Neeses: where workers come from
Where Neeses clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 188 jobs based in Neeses
188 jobs are based in Neeses.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neeses, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 188. 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 Neeses’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Neeses: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Neeses workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 163 commuters (the 5% 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.
Neeses’ commute, mile by mile
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.
The towns around Neeses
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Neeses workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neeses | – | — | — | 40 min | $37,885 |
| Livingston | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Livingston: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Neeses’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Neeses: questions
What is the median household income in Neeses?
$37,885 (±$13,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neeses?
20.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neeses?
40 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neeses work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orangeburg (13%, 15 mi), Columbia (8%, 37 mi), North Charleston (5%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Neeses 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 Neeses, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neeses
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.