Work & commute · Awendaw

Work & commute in Awendaw, SC

Most working residents leave Awendaw for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (25%), North Charleston (19%) and Charleston (18%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 645 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 630 Awendaw residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Awendaw.

630live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Awendaw goes to work

Mount Pleasant16.5 mi away

25%162

North Charleston24.1 mi away

19%122

Charleston20.8 mi away

18%113

Awendaw (in town)right here

2%15

McClellanville14 mi away

2%10

Columbia103.1 mi away

2%10

Summerville30.4 mi away

1%8

Greenville202 mi away

1%7

Hanahan20.3 mi away

1%5

Florence84 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%188

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

How far

How far Awendaw commutes

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

58%

18%

7%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Awendaw is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Awendaw are

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

Jobs based in Awendaw

266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Awendaw residents hold

645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+45%

Jobs based in Awendaw, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 266. 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.