Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of South Congaree commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in South Congaree; the top destination outside it is Columbia (19%, 16 miles). 362 jobs are based in South Congaree, and 915 of its residents work somewhere. South Congaree grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in South Congaree: the figures worth knowing
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in South Congaree are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside South Congaree
56% of South Congaree residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in South Congaree pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in South Congaree pay little
30% of the jobs based in South Congaree pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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; with 915 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
South Congaree’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, South Congaree is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds South Congaree’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($59,539, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, South Congaree could be anywhere from C− to A−.
What South Congaree’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Congaree, 2014 → 2024: 348 → 362. 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 South Congaree’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves South Congaree for work, and who comes in
On a workday 906 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in South Congaree on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ South Congaree’s residents
Where South Congaree clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
The daily trip from South Congaree: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Congaree workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 898 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.
The commute from South Congaree, by distance
About 20% 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.
Most trips from South Congaree start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, South Congaree is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 962 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.0% of South Congaree households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of South Congaree’s commuters take a bus or train.
How South Congaree ranks: 3,002nd of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 316 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 445 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,000 | Red Lodge MT | 2,723 | $56K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 53% | C+ |
| 3,001 | Trumansburg NY | 1,755 | $69K | 9.3% | 5.1% | 10% | C+ |
| 3,002 | South Congaree SC | 2,424 | $60K | 14.6% | 5.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,003 | Santa Anna Township IL | 2,249 | $73K | 8.6% | 8.1% | 19% | C+ |
| 3,004 | Ovid Township MI | 2,208 | $106K | 22.6% | 6.4% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 South Congaree, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Work in the towns next to South Congaree
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | South Congaree workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Congaree | – | C+ | D | 28 min | $59,539 |
| Pine Ridge | under 2% | A− | D− | 20 min | $95,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of South Congaree’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 South Congaree: questions
What is the median household income in South Congaree?
$59,539 (±$8,659) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in South Congaree?
14.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from South Congaree?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in South Congaree work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (19%, 16 mi), Lexington (5%, 8 mi), Cayce (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is South Congaree walkable?
South Congaree is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around South Congaree without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Congaree, from the people who make the trip.
More of South Congaree
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.