Work & commute · Barnwell

Work & commute in Barnwell, SC

Most working residents leave Barnwell for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Aiken (6%), Columbia (4%) and Snelling (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

310 of 1,846 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,536 Barnwell residents head out of town to work, 310 work right here, and 1,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnwell.

1,536live here, work elsewhere

310live and work here

1,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnwell goes to work

Barnwell (in town)right here

17%310

Aiken28.8 mi away

6%103

Columbia61.4 mi away

4%82

Snelling5.8 mi away

2%42

North Charleston78.6 mi away

2%34

Williston11.5 mi away

2%33

Blackville8.4 mi away

2%30

Charleston85.6 mi away

2%29

Allendale16.5 mi away

1%22

Bamberg19.8 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,140

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

How far

How far Barnwell commutes

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

28%

19%

18%

35%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnwell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnwell are

2,193 jobs are based in Barnwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barnwell

2,193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Barnwell residents hold

1,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+22%

Jobs based in Barnwell, 2013 → 2023: 1,797 → 2,193. 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.