Work & commute · Arial

Work & commute in Arial, SC

Most working residents leave Arial for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (15%), Easley (7%) and Pickens (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 1,044 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,039 Arial residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arial.

1,039live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arial goes to work

Greenville15.8 mi away

15%159

Easley3.6 mi away

7%74

Pickens4.8 mi away

4%39

Anderson22.4 mi away

2%24

Liberty4.9 mi away

2%23

Powdersville9.3 mi away

2%23

Columbia113.8 mi away

2%20

Mauldin19.6 mi away

2%18

Gantt14.2 mi away

2%18

Simpsonville23.3 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%631

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

How far

How far Arial commutes

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

30%

49%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arial is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arial are

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

Jobs based in Arial

434 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Arial residents hold

1,044 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−27%

Jobs based in Arial, 2013 → 2023: 593 → 434. 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.