Work & commute · Belton

Work & commute in Belton, SC

Most working residents leave Belton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (12%), Greenville (9%) and Honea Path (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,908 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 1,832 Belton residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 688 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belton.

1,832live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

688work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belton goes to work

Anderson8.5 mi away

12%223

Greenville22.8 mi away

9%180

Belton (in town)right here

4%76

Honea Path7.8 mi away

2%37

Williamston6.6 mi away

2%36

Columbia97.1 mi away

2%30

Mauldin20.7 mi away

2%29

Greenwood29.9 mi away

1%24

Greer31.9 mi away

1%18

Simpsonville19.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,239

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

How far

How far Belton commutes

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

31%

40%

16%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belton is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belton are

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

Jobs based in Belton

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Belton residents hold

1,908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−32%

Jobs based in Belton, 2013 → 2023: 1,123 → 764. 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.