Work & commute · Beaufort

Work & commute in Beaufort, SC

About one in 4 of Beaufort’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Burton (8%), Port Royal (6%) and Hilton Head Island (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,105 of 4,338 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 3,233 Beaufort residents head out of town to work, 1,105 work right here, and 8,155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaufort.

3,233live here, work elsewhere

1,105live and work here

8,155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaufort goes to work

Beaufort (in town)right here

25%1,105

Burton2.5 mi away

8%338

Port Royal7.3 mi away

6%257

Hilton Head Island18.5 mi away

5%220

Bluffton20.7 mi away

4%171

Columbia109.8 mi away

3%121

North Charleston49.7 mi away

3%115

Charleston50.6 mi away

2%104

Savannah, GA41.3 mi away

2%94

Hardeeville22.2 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,772

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

How far

How far Beaufort commutes

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

49%

20%

23%

49%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaufort is a job hub

2.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaufort are

9,260 jobs are based in Beaufort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaufort’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beaufort

9,260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Beaufort residents hold

4,338 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+16%

Jobs based in Beaufort, 2013 → 2023: 7,968 → 9,260. 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.