Barratt House · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Promised Land has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 4 jobs in Promised Land, against 165 working residents. Hardly any work in Promised Land; the top destination outside it is Greenwood (25%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; South Carolina has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Promised Land quiets down on a workday
On a workday 165 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Promised Land on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Out of Promised Land to work: where people go
Where Promised Land clocks in
25% of workers
2% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Promised Land
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Promised Land, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 4. 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 Promised Land’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Promised Land
of Promised Land workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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.
The commute from Promised Land, by distance
About 24% 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 Promised Land: questions
What is the median household income in Promised Land?
$44,293 (±$6,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Promised Land?
15.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Promised Land work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenwood (25%, 6 mi), Columbia (2%, 76 mi), Lexington (2%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Promised Land 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 Promised Land, from the people who make the trip.
More of Promised Land
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.