Work & commute · Bennettsville

Work & commute in Bennettsville, SC

About one in 5 of Bennettsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cheraw (9%), Florence (5%) and Laurinburg (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

570 of 2,620 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 2,050 Bennettsville residents head out of town to work, 570 work right here, and 2,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennettsville.

2,050live here, work elsewhere

570live and work here

2,342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bennettsville goes to work

Bennettsville (in town)right here

22%570

Cheraw13.8 mi away

9%237

Florence31.6 mi away

5%118

Laurinburg, NC15 mi away

2%60

Columbia80.2 mi away

2%57

Rockingham, NC21.9 mi away

1%34

North Charleston120.2 mi away

1%32

Little Rock20.1 mi away

1%28

Charleston125.5 mi away

1%27

Hartsville29 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,431

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

How far

How far Bennettsville commutes

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

31%

23%

17%

29%

31%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bennettsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bennettsville are

2,912 jobs are based in Bennettsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bennettsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bennettsville

2,912 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Bennettsville residents hold

2,620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+31%

Jobs based in Bennettsville, 2013 → 2023: 2,228 → 2,912. 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.