Work & commute · Berea

Work & commute in Berea, SC

Most working residents leave Berea for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (26%), Mauldin (4%) and Travelers Rest (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 5,788 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 5,669 Berea residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 1,743 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berea.

5,669live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

1,743work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berea goes to work

Greenville6.5 mi away

26%1,526

Mauldin11.4 mi away

4%208

Travelers Rest5.8 mi away

3%161

Greer13.9 mi away

2%130

Wade Hampton7.6 mi away

2%130

Berea (in town)right here

2%119

Spartanburg31 mi away

2%108

Gantt7.5 mi away

2%97

Columbia106.5 mi away

2%93

Sans Souci2.6 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,134

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

How far

How far Berea commutes

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

50%

27%

15%

50%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berea is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berea are

1,862 jobs are based in Berea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berea

1,862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Berea residents hold

5,788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+12%

Jobs based in Berea, 2013 → 2023: 1,658 → 1,862. 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.