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Jobs & commute in Newtown

Newtown has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Home is the office for 4% of workers; South Carolina has 12%. Newtown has 1 jobs, and 276 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average; 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

1 jobs based here
Household income
$43K
median · South Carolina $69K
Poverty
33.3%
South Carolina 14.1%
Unemployment
27.9%
South Carolina 4.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
30 min
South Carolina 26 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 276 working residents
Work from home
4%
South Carolina 12% · U.S. 15%
What stands out

Getting to work from Newtown, in brief

1jobs for every ten working residents
★ What stands out · Day and night

Newtown quiets down on a workday

On a workday 276 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

276live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night970
Workday700
970live here− 280head out to work+ 1come in to work= 700on a workday

About 700 people are in Newtown on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

18% of working residents work in Dillon

Lumberton: 3 residents work here (1%)Quinby: 5 residents work here (2%)ManningMarion: 4 residents work here (1%)Dillon: 49 residents work here (18%)Florence: 13 residents work here (5%)North Charleston: 7 residents work here (3%)Columbia: 8 residents work here (3%)NewtownLittle Rock: 29 residents work here (11%)Woodfield: 7 residents work here (3%)Hamer: 7 residents work here (3%)DillonLittle RockFlorenceColumbiaNorth CharlestonWoodfieldNewtown
1
Dillon1.8 mi away
18%49
2
Little Rock5.1 mi away
11%29
3
Florence29.2 mi away
5%13
4
Columbia91.5 mi away
3%8
5
North Charleston110.3 mi away
3%7
6
Woodfield93 mi away
3%7
7
Hamer5.4 mi away
3%7
8
Quinby24.7 mi away
2%5
9
Marion15.5 mi away
1%4
10
Lumberton, NC24.9 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%144
The top trips

Where Newtown clocks in

18% of workers
1.8 mi awayDillon49 Newtown residents work here · Jobs & commute →
11%Little Rock
11% of workers
5.1 mi awayLittle Rock29 Newtown residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
29.2 mi awayFlorence13 Newtown residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in Newtown

Jobs based in NewtownJobs Newtown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%27%
Trade, transport & utilities100%26%
Services: health, schools, offices0%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%50%
Over $3,333 a month0%30%

Who does it

29 or younger0%20%
30 to 54100%54%
55 and older0%26%
−92%

Jobs based in Newtown, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 1. 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 Newtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 30 minutes from Newtown

A year of commuting
232 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Newtown30 min
South Carolina26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Newtown workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Newtown gets to work
89%Drive alone
7%Carpool
5%Other

Share of the 131 commuters (the 4% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Newtown

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miDillon: 18% · 1.8 miLittle Rock: 11% · 5.1 miFlorence: 5% · 29.2 miColumbia: 3% · 91.5 miNorth Charleston: 3% · 110.3 miWoodfield: 3% · 93 miHamer: 3% · 5.4 miQuinby: 2% · 24.7 miMarion: 1% · 15.5 miLumberton: 1% · 24.9 miDillon 18%Little Rock 11%Florence 5%North Charleston 3%Newtown
NewtownTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi120 residents
13%10–24 mi35 residents
15%25–50 mi41 residents
27%Over 50 mi73 residents

About 27% 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.

Next door

18% of Newtown works in a bordering town

Dillon: 18% of workers work hereDillonNewtown
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Dillon18% of Newtown works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownNewtown workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Newtown–——30 min$42,857
Dillon18%D−C28 min$35,891

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Dillon. Darker towns draw more of Newtown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Newtown: questions

What is the median household income in Newtown?

$42,857 (±$21,775) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Newtown?

33.3%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Newtown?

30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Newtown work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dillon (18%, 2 mi), Little Rock (11%, 5 mi), Florence (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Newtown without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Newtown, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Newtown

Newtown home →
$978median rent
HousingLive where you work?Homes and rent in Newtown
30min commute
HandbookGetting around NewtownRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in SCShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.