Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of White Knoll commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
White Knoll grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Employers in White Knoll report 479 jobs; 3,875 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in White Knoll for work; outside it, Columbia is the main destination (22%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets White Knoll apart on work
White Knoll is a place people come home to
There are 479 jobs based in White Knoll, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday White Knoll has about 4,900 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside White Knoll
61% of White Knoll residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in White Knoll pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
White Knoll’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside White Knoll is Columbia, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (838) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in White Knoll pay little
30% of the jobs based in White Knoll pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 44% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in White Knoll are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
How White Knoll earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, White Knoll is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #43 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds White Knoll’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Knoll could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The daily commute in and out of White Knoll
On a workday 3,816 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 420 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in White Knoll on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Jobs in White Knoll: what the 479 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Knoll, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 479. 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 White Knoll’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from White Knoll
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.
Where White Knoll’s working residents head each day
Where White Knoll clocks in
22% of workers
7% of workers
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.
The trip to work from White Knoll: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Knoll workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,727 commuters (the 12% 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.
Most trips from White Knoll start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White Knoll is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #166 of 169 in South Carolina. Both inputs place White Knoll 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 4,252 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). 2.2% of White Knoll households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of White Knoll’s commuters take a bus or train.
White Knoll places 1,384th of 3,012 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 229 | Lake Murray of Richland SC | 7,023 | $119K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 805 | Powdersville SC | 10,771 | $85K | 9.3% | 1.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 955 | Blythewood SC | 7,233 | $94K | 4.8% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,382 | Silverton OR | 10,450 | $80K | 10.6% | 1.9% | 15% | B |
| 1,383 | Alondra Park CA | 8,373 | $87K | 12.2% | 5.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,384 | White Knoll SC | 8,310 | $80K | 11.0% | 3.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,385 | Peru IL | 9,780 | $75K | 9.0% | 2.5% | 23% | B |
| 1,386 | Brookville OH | 5,999 | $64K | 8.8% | 2.6% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 White Knoll, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
White Knoll and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Knoll workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Knoll | – | B | D | 29 min | $80,246 |
| Red Bank | 2% | C+ | C | 25 min | $68,004 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Red Bank. Darker towns draw more of White Knoll’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 White Knoll: questions
What is the median household income in White Knoll?
$80,246 (±$9,079) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Knoll?
11.0%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Knoll?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Knoll work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (22%, 22 mi), Lexington (7%, 7 mi), Cayce (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Knoll walkable?
White Knoll is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Knoll without a car?
1% 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 White Knoll, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Knoll
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.