Borough House Plantation · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainStateburg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
70 jobs are based in Stateburg, and 521 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Stateburg are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any stay in Stateburg for work; outside it, Sumter is the main destination (27%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Stateburg
Stateburg is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Stateburg, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Stateburg and Sumter trade workers both ways
Sumter is the top workplace for Stateburg residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Stateburg come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Stateburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across South Carolina. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 521 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Stateburg
On income, poverty and job access, Stateburg is better than 36% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Stateburg’s grade.
Unemployment (7.3%) is left out: Stateburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stateburg could be anywhere from D to B+.
In and out of Stateburg on a workday
On a workday 519 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Stateburg on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where Stateburg goes to work
Where Stateburg clocks in
27% of workers
6% of workers
2% 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 Stateburg spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stateburg workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 640 commuters (the 6% 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.
What Stateburg’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stateburg, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 70. 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 Stateburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Stateburg
About 21% 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.
The commute in Stateburg is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stateburg is more walkable than 12% 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 681 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). 0.0% of Stateburg households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stateburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Stateburg ranks: 3,049th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 297 | Pimlico SC | 1,765 | $137K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 303 | Sullivan's Island SC | 1,961 | $193K | 8.8% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 427 | Folly Beach SC | 2,081 | $102K | 4.0% | 2.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,047 | Kasson Township MI | 1,696 | $85K | 12.1% | 5.4% | 14% | C+ |
| 3,048 | Torch Lake Township MI | 1,918 | $70K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,049 | Stateburg SC | 2,027 | $66K | 11.1% | 7.3% | <1% | C+ |
| 3,050 | Mangonia Park FL | 2,667 | $61K | 13.9% | 7.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,051 | Oakley KS | 1,974 | $77K | 16.2% | 2.5% | 36% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Stateburg, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Work in the towns next to Stateburg
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Stateburg’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 Stateburg: questions
What is the median household income in Stateburg?
$66,481 (±$10,824) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stateburg?
11.1%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stateburg?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stateburg work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sumter (27%, 8 mi), Columbia (6%, 22 mi), Florence (2%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stateburg walkable?
Stateburg is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stateburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stateburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stateburg
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.