Mt. Zion Rosenwald School · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Quinby has 5.0 jobs for every working resident: 1,747 people commute in to work
There are 1,756 jobs in Quinby, against 354 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where South Carolina has 26 and the U.S. 26. At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (South Carolina 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Quinby: the gist
Quinby fills up on a workday
Quinby has 1,756 jobs, 5.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, more than double the 880 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
95% of the jobs in Quinby are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Quinby have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Quinby went from 745 in 2013 to 1,756 in 2023, +136%. The jobs ↓
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 354 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Quinby’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 345 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 2,300 people are in Quinby on a workday afternoon, 159% more 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.
What Quinby’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quinby, 2013 → 2023: 745 → 1,756. 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 Quinby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Quinby: where workers come from
Where Quinby clocks in
34% 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.
The trip to work from Quinby: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quinby workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Quinby
About 25% 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.
34% of Quinby works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Florence. Darker towns draw more of Quinby’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Quinby: questions
What is the median household income in Quinby?
$66,458 (±$9,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quinby?
16.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quinby?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quinby work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Florence (34%, 5 mi), Darlington (2%, 9 mi), Hartsville (2%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quinby 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 Quinby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quinby
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.