Work & commute · Beech Island

Work & commute in Beech Island, SC

Most working residents leave Beech Island for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Aiken (11%), North Augusta (7%) and Martinez (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 559 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 543 Beech Island residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 1,810 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beech Island.

543live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

1,810work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beech Island goes to work

Aiken11.9 mi away

11%60

North Augusta7.6 mi away

7%40

Martinez, GA13.7 mi away

3%16

Beech Island (in town)right here

3%16

Columbia71 mi away

2%13

Greenville101 mi away

2%12

Evans, GA17.3 mi away

1%6

St. Andrews62.3 mi away

1%6

Jackson8.9 mi away

1%3

Orangeburg59.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%384

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

How far

How far Beech Island commutes

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

20%

46%

31%

20%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beech Island is a job hub

3.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beech Island are

1,826 jobs are based in Beech Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beech Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beech Island

1,826 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Beech Island residents hold

559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+246%

Jobs based in Beech Island, 2013 → 2023: 527 → 1,826. 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.