Wedgefield has lower household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where South Carolina as a whole has 12%. Poverty touches 9.6% of residents; South Carolina has 14.1%. Jobs and income earn Wedgefield C; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Wedgefield
Wedgefield is a place people come home to
There are 13 jobs based in Wedgefield, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wedgefield has about 1,400 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wedgefield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Wedgefield workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 624 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Wedgefield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wedgefield is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Wedgefield’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($44,410, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wedgefield could be anywhere from D to B+.
Wedgefield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 624 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Wedgefield on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.02 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.
A commute of about 42 minutes in Wedgefield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wedgefield workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,162 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.
26% of working residents work in Sumter
Where Wedgefield clocks in
26% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Wedgefield: what the 13 are
13 jobs are based in Wedgefield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wedgefield, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 13. 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 Wedgefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Wedgefield, 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Wedgefield, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wedgefield is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wedgefield near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,162 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). 2.0% of Wedgefield households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wedgefield’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,122nd of 5,509: where Wedgefield ranks among 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 3,120 | Kortright NY | 1,508 | $81K | 8.2% | 5.3% | 5% | C |
| 3,121 | Franklin Township OH | 2,624 | $62K | 7.1% | 5.7% | 3% | C |
| 3,122 | Wedgefield SC | 1,968 | $44K | 9.6% | 4.1% | 0% | C |
| 3,123 | Mechanicsburg OH | 1,681 | $60K | 15.4% | 1.6% | 8% | C |
| 3,124 | Butler Township MI | 1,415 | $71K | 9.1% | 3.6% | 1% | 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 Wedgefield, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
How Wedgefield compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wedgefield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedgefield | – | C | D− | 42 min | $44,410 |
| Cane Savannah | under 1% | A− | B− | 20 min | $131,705 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wedgefield’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 Wedgefield: questions
What is the median household income in Wedgefield?
$44,410 (±$662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wedgefield?
9.6%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wedgefield?
42 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 Wedgefield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sumter (26%, 8 mi), Columbia (8%, 25 mi), Florence (2%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wedgefield walkable?
Wedgefield is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wedgefield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wedgefield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wedgefield
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.