Work & commute · Arcadia

Work & commute in Arcadia, SC

Most working residents leave Arcadia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (14%), Greenville (7%) and Southern Shops (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,321 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 1,305 Arcadia residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcadia.

1,305live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcadia goes to work

Spartanburg4 mi away

14%189

Greenville22.6 mi away

7%88

Southern Shops1.5 mi away

4%52

Fairforest1.7 mi away

3%35

Valley Falls3.4 mi away

2%31

Greer13.5 mi away

2%29

Boiling Springs5.9 mi away

2%25

Columbia89.1 mi away

2%21

Hilltop2.2 mi away

1%18

Arcadia (in town)right here

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%817

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

How far

How far Arcadia commutes

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

59%

20%

17%

59%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcadia is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcadia are

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

Jobs based in Arcadia

980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Arcadia residents hold

1,321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+25%

Jobs based in Arcadia, 2013 → 2023: 784 → 980. 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.