Privateer has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Privateer is behind 89% of U.S. towns. Privateer has 210 jobs, and 768 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Privateer is better than 14% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Privateer: the gist
Privateer and Sumter trade workers both ways
Sumter is the top workplace for Privateer residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Privateer come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Privateer is a place people come home to
There are 210 jobs based in Privateer, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Privateer 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 768 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Privateer’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car holds Privateer’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($49,191, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (9.0%) is left out: Privateer’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Privateer could be anywhere from D to C+.
26% of working residents work in Sumter
Where Privateer clocks in
26% of workers
7% of workers
2% 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.
Who leaves Privateer for work, and who comes in
On a workday 761 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Privateer on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting from Privateer: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Privateer workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 737 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.
Jobs in Privateer: what the 210 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Privateer, 2013 → 2023: 280 → 210. 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 Privateer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Privateer works
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Privateer start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 737 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.2% of Privateer households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Privateer’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,303rd of 5,207: where Privateer ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 316 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 445 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,301 | Montgomery Township OH | 2,078 | $68K | 22.8% | 6.8% | 2% | D |
| 4,302 | Mescal AZ | 1,760 | $55K | 12.4% | 3.9% | 2% | D |
| 4,303 | Privateer SC | 2,472 | $49K | 20.6% | 9.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,304 | Veedersburg IN | 2,117 | $58K | 17.1% | 5.5% | 9% | D |
| 4,305 | Wesson MS | 1,769 | $65K | 27.5% | 5.2% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Privateer, 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 Privateer: questions
What is the median household income in Privateer?
$49,191 (±$21,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Privateer?
20.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Privateer?
20 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 Privateer work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sumter (26%, 9 mi), Columbia (7%, 33 mi), Manning (2%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Privateer walkable?
Privateer is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Privateer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Privateer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Privateer
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.