Work & commute · Arkwright

Work & commute in Arkwright, SC

Most working residents leave Arkwright for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (19%), Greenville (6%) and Southern Shops (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 999 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 992 Arkwright residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 836 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arkwright.

992live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

836work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arkwright goes to work

Spartanburg2.2 mi away

19%194

Greenville24.6 mi away

6%63

Southern Shops5.5 mi away

3%27

Greer16.5 mi away

2%21

Valley Falls6.6 mi away

2%20

Columbia84.6 mi away

2%19

Roebuck2.9 mi away

2%18

Mauldin22.7 mi away

1%12

Drayton4.7 mi away

1%12

North Charleston174.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%602

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

How far

How far Arkwright commutes

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

50%

25%

18%

50%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arkwright is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arkwright are

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

Jobs based in Arkwright

843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Arkwright residents hold

999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+65%

Jobs based in Arkwright, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 843. 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.