Photo: Evanoco · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pinopolis works elsewhere
There are 53 jobs in Pinopolis, and 455 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Pinopolis for work; outside it, North Charleston is the main destination (21%, 22 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for South Carolina as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pinopolis stands out on work
Pinopolis is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Pinopolis, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pinopolis has about 450 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Pinopolis 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 455 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Pinopolis
On a workday 453 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Pinopolis on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Pinopolis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinopolis workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 378 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.
Commuting out of Pinopolis: the destinations
Where Pinopolis clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
83% of the jobs in Pinopolis pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinopolis, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 53. 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 Pinopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Pinopolis to work
About 17% 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 Pinopolis: questions
What is the median household income in Pinopolis?
$122,530 (±$54,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinopolis?
0.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinopolis?
22 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 Pinopolis work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (21%, 22 mi), Moncks Corner (14%, 4 mi), Charleston (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pinopolis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinopolis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinopolis
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.