Magnolia Hall · Photo: SCDAH · CC BY 2.5Most of Rembert commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
29% of workers have no commute at all, where South Carolina as a whole has 12%. Rembert has 15 jobs; 84 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Rembert itself; outside it, Sumter draws the most (18%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rembert quiets down on a workday
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 75 people are in Rembert on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
The towns that employ Rembert’s residents
Where Rembert clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Rembert
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rembert, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 15. 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 Rembert’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rembert
of Rembert workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 29% 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.
Miles to work from Rembert
About 17% 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 Rembert: questions
What is the median household income in Rembert?
$27,167 (±$12,541) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rembert?
0.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rembert work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sumter (18%, 14 mi), Columbia (8%, 22 mi), Camden (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rembert 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 Rembert, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rembert
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.