Pineland, The · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Scotia has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers work from home; South Carolina has 12%. Employers in Scotia report 26 jobs for 74 working residents. Only 1% stay in Scotia for work; outside it, North Charleston is the main destination (8%, 70 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Scotia: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 73 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Scotia on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Scotia to work: where people go
Where Scotia clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 77% of the jobs in Scotia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scotia, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 26. 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 Scotia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Scotia: about 54 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scotia workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 51 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.
How far it is to work from Scotia
About 41% 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 Scotia: questions
What is the poverty rate in Scotia?
19.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scotia?
54 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scotia work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Charleston (8%, 70 mi), Estill (7%, 5 mi), Hampton (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scotia 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 Scotia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scotia
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.