Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Red Bank (5.7%) than in 71% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, where South Carolina has 26 and the U.S. 26. Red Bank grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Red Bank itself; outside it, Columbia draws the most (20%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Red Bank: the gist
The better-paid jobs are outside Red Bank
60% of Red Bank residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Red Bank pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Red Bank has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Red Bank went from 2,434 in 2014 to 3,331 in 2024, +37%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Red Bank are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Red Bank’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Red Bank gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Red Bank is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #68 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Red Bank’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Red Bank could be anywhere from C to B+.
Inside Red Bank’s 3,331 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Bank, 2014 → 2024: 2,434 → 3,331. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Bank’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Red Bank on a workday
On a workday 4,912 residents head out to work, 150 work right here, and 3,181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,600 people are in Red Bank on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Red Bank work
Where Red Bank clocks in
20% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Red Bank
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Bank workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,080 commuters (the 8% 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 Red Bank, by distance
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Red Bank gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Red Bank is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #139 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,548 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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). 4.0% of Red Bank households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Red Bank’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Red Bank ranks: 1,639th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 63 | Tega Cay SC | 14,457 | $142K | 1.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
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| 244 | James Island SC | 12,660 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 759 | Powdersville SC | 10,771 | $85K | 9.3% | 1.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,637 | Chenango NY | 10,594 | $87K | 9.1% | 8.4% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,638 | Leisure World MD | 8,882 | $62K | 9.3% | 9.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,639 | Red Bank SC | 11,314 | $68K | 11.5% | 5.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,640 | Kirby TX | 8,211 | $56K | 13.5% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,641 | Ave Maria FL | 8,258 | $103K | 11.0% | 5.9% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Red Bank, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
How Red Bank compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lexington (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Red Bank workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bank | – | C+ | C | 25 min | $68,004 |
| Lexington | 8% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $87,126 |
| White Knoll | under 2% | B | D | 29 min | $80,246 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Red Bank’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 2024, 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 Red Bank: questions
What is the median household income in Red Bank?
$68,004 (±$8,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Bank?
11.5%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Bank?
25 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 Red Bank work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (20%, 20 mi), Lexington (8%, 4 mi), Cayce (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Red Bank walkable?
Red Bank is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Red Bank without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Bank, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Bank
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.