Buck's Upper Mill Farm · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainRed Hill has higher unemployment (5.9%) than 73% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Red Hill itself; outside it, Myrtle Beach draws the most (20%, 9 miles). Jobs and income earn Red Hill C; getting around on foot earns it B−. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Red Hill apart
Inside Red Hill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Red Hill is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #92 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Red Hill’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Red Hill could be anywhere from C− to B−.
What the 3,091 jobs in Red Hill are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Hill, 2013 → 2023: 3,255 → 3,091. 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 Red Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Red Hill by day and by night
On a workday 4,652 residents head out to work, 220 work right here, and 2,871 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Red Hill on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.63 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Red Hill ends
Where Red Hill clocks in
20% of workers
16% 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.
How long Red Hill spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Hill workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,501 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 Red Hill
About 26% 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 of Red Hill commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Red Hill is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #93 of 169 in South Carolina. Both inputs place Red Hill near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,025 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Red Hill households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Red Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Red Hill ranks: 1,684th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Tega Cay SC | 14,457 | $142K | 1.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Five Forks SC | 18,656 | $142K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 217 | James Island SC | 12,660 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,682 | Hazel Crest IL | 13,024 | $68K | 24.0% | 14.3% | 2% | C |
| 1,683 | Borger TX | 11,842 | $62K | 14.9% | 3.6% | 42% | C |
| 1,684 | Red Hill SC | 15,920 | $68K | 19.1% | 5.9% | 5% | C |
| 1,685 | Center Point AL | 15,538 | $56K | 14.3% | 8.1% | 2% | C |
| 1,686 | Federal Heights CO | 14,075 | $57K | 24.2% | 6.5% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Hill, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Work next door: 18% of Red Hill’s workers
The biggest share goes to Conway (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Red Hill’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 Red Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Red Hill?
$68,250 (±$5,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Hill?
19.1%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Hill?
22 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 Hill work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Myrtle Beach (20%, 9 mi), Conway (16%, 4 mi), Carolina Forest (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Red Hill walkable?
Red Hill is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Red Hill without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Hill
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.