Work & commute · Atlantic Beach

Work & commute in Atlantic Beach, SC

Most working residents leave Atlantic Beach for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are North Myrtle Beach (24%), Myrtle Beach (21%) and Conway (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 63 Atlantic Beach residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlantic Beach.

63live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlantic Beach goes to work

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

How far

How far Atlantic Beach commutes

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

37%

31%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlantic Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlantic Beach are

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

Jobs based in Atlantic Beach

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less51%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Atlantic Beach residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+15%

Jobs based in Atlantic Beach, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 91. 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.