Photo: Evanoco · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Wisacky commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Wisacky for work; outside it, Bishopville is the main destination (10%, 6 miles). Wisacky has 8 jobs, against 59 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where South Carolina as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Wisacky, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Wisacky on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Wisacky’s working residents head each day
Where Wisacky clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Wisacky
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wisacky, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 8. 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 Wisacky’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Wisacky
of Wisacky workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 102 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wisacky
About 39% 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 Wisacky: questions
What is the median household income in Wisacky?
$52,333 (±$14,676) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wisacky?
6.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Wisacky work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bishopville (10%, 6 mi), Sumter (7%, 18 mi), Hartsville (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wisacky without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 32% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wisacky, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wisacky
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.