Work & commute · Batesburg-Leesville

Work & commute in Batesburg-Leesville, SC

Most working residents leave Batesburg-Leesville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (8%), Lexington (5%) and Cayce (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

398 of 2,307 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,909 Batesburg-Leesville residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 2,497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Batesburg-Leesville.

1,909live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

2,497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Batesburg-Leesville goes to work

Batesburg-Leesville (in town)right here

17%398

Columbia37.3 mi away

8%174

Lexington18.5 mi away

5%124

Cayce28.3 mi away

3%66

Greenville79.5 mi away

2%42

West Columbia25.3 mi away

2%38

Red Bank17.3 mi away

1%27

Aiken28.6 mi away

1%26

Saluda15.1 mi away

1%24

North Charleston109 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,366

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

How far

How far Batesburg-Leesville commutes

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

28%

27%

25%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Batesburg-Leesville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Batesburg-Leesville are

2,895 jobs are based in Batesburg-Leesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batesburg-Leesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Batesburg-Leesville

2,895 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Batesburg-Leesville residents hold

2,307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+19%

Jobs based in Batesburg-Leesville, 2013 → 2023: 2,427 → 2,895. 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.