Work & commute · Alcolu

Work & commute in Alcolu, SC

Most working residents leave Alcolu for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sumter (16%), Manning (14%) and Columbia (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 Alcolu residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alcolu.

148live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alcolu goes to work

Sumter15.8 mi away

16%23

Manning4.7 mi away

14%20

Columbia43.1 mi away

4%6

Florence38.1 mi away

3%4

North Charleston59 mi away

2%3

Charleston66.1 mi away

2%3

Pinewood13.6 mi away

1%2

Hartsville42.6 mi away

1%2

Mount Pleasant69.2 mi away

1%2

West Palm Beach, FL484.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%82

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

How far

How far Alcolu commutes

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

28%

26%

22%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alcolu is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alcolu are

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

Jobs based in Alcolu

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Alcolu residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+168%

Jobs based in Alcolu, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 51. 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.