Work & commute · Ben Avon

Work & commute in Ben Avon, SC

Most working residents leave Ben Avon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (31%), Greenville (6%) and Southern Shops (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,069 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,052 Ben Avon residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ben Avon.

1,052live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ben Avon goes to work

Spartanburg3 mi away

31%328

Greenville28.5 mi away

6%65

Southern Shops7.4 mi away

3%34

Columbia83.1 mi away

3%27

Drayton3.3 mi away

2%22

Ben Avon (in town)right here

2%17

Boiling Springs9.6 mi away

1%16

Gaffney15.4 mi away

1%12

North Charleston173.7 mi away

1%11

Valley Falls7.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%526

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

How far

How far Ben Avon commutes

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

53%

17%

12%

18%

53%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ben Avon is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ben Avon are

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

Jobs based in Ben Avon

469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Ben Avon residents hold

1,069 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+15%

Jobs based in Ben Avon, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 469. 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.