Work & commute · Arcadia Lakes

Work & commute in Arcadia Lakes, SC

Most working residents leave Arcadia Lakes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (42%), Forest Acres (5%) and Dentsville (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 347 Arcadia Lakes residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcadia Lakes.

347live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcadia Lakes goes to work

Columbia3.8 mi away

42%148

Forest Acres1.4 mi away

5%18

Dentsville1.7 mi away

3%10

West Columbia8.9 mi away

3%9

Greenville96.5 mi away

2%7

Woodfield1.9 mi away

2%6

Arcadia Lakes (in town)right here

1%4

Irmo13.8 mi away

1%4

Lexington15.4 mi away

1%4

Cayce8.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%137

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

How far

How far Arcadia Lakes commutes

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

66%

12%

19%

66%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcadia Lakes is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcadia Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Arcadia Lakes

181 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Arcadia Lakes residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−61%

Jobs based in Arcadia Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 181. 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.