Work & commute · Abbeville

Work & commute in Abbeville, SC

Most working residents leave Abbeville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Greenwood (14%), Columbia (2%) and Anderson (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

320 of 1,982 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,662 Abbeville residents head out of town to work, 320 work right here, and 1,813 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abbeville.

1,662live here, work elsewhere

320live and work here

1,813work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abbeville goes to work

Abbeville (in town)right here

16%320

Greenwood12.9 mi away

14%268

Columbia85.2 mi away

2%49

Anderson28.1 mi away

2%41

Greenville45.5 mi away

2%41

Aiken58.3 mi away

1%22

North Charleston159.1 mi away

1%14

McCormick19.1 mi away

1%13

Due West10.7 mi away

1%12

Simpsonville38.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,190

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abbeville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

28%

18%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abbeville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Abbeville are

2,133 jobs are based in Abbeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abbeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abbeville

2,133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Abbeville residents hold

1,982 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−5%

Jobs based in Abbeville, 2013 → 2023: 2,239 → 2,133. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.