Pine Ridge has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 12% for South Carolina as a whole. Pine Ridge has 75 jobs, against 308 working residents. Hardly any stay in Pine Ridge for work; outside it, Hartsville is the main destination (26%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pine Ridge apart
Pine Ridge is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Pine Ridge, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Ridge has about 400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pine Ridge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Pine Ridge workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 308 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Pine Ridge on a workday afternoon
On a workday 307 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Pine Ridge on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Time on the road from Pine Ridge: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Ridge workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 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.
Out of Pine Ridge to work: where people go
Where Pine Ridge clocks in
26% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Goods, not services: 41% of the jobs in Pine Ridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 75. 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 Pine Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Pine Ridge commutes
About 23% 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 Pine Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Ridge?
$61,192 (±$9,832) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Ridge?
17.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Ridge?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Ridge work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartsville (26%, 5 mi), Florence (6%, 26 mi), Darlington (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Ridge
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.