Photo: Excel23 · CC BY-SA 4.0Making a living in Six Mile
A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, where South Carolina has 26 and the U.S. 26. Only 3% work in Six Mile itself; outside it, Clemson draws the most (9%, 9 miles). Employers in Six Mile report 233 jobs for 326 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Six Mile apart
Commuting from Six Mile: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Six Mile workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 14% 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.
Who commutes out of Six Mile, and who commutes in
On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Six Mile on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.71 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 Six Mile goes to work
Where Six Mile clocks in
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.
Goods jobs make up 39% of work in Six Mile
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Six Mile, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 233. 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 Six Mile’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Six Mile to work
About 15% 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 Six Mile: questions
What is the median household income in Six Mile?
$96,250 (±$54,156) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Six Mile?
5.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Six Mile?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Six Mile work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clemson (9%, 9 mi), Greenville (6%, 26 mi), Easley (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Six Mile without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Six Mile, from the people who make the trip.
More of Six Mile
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.