Work & commute · Blackville

Work & commute in Blackville, SC

Most working residents leave Blackville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Barnwell (8%), Aiken (7%) and Columbia (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 789 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 744 Blackville residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 294 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackville.

744live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

294work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackville goes to work

Barnwell8.4 mi away

8%61

Aiken27.9 mi away

7%56

Blackville (in town)right here

6%45

Columbia53 mi away

5%36

North Charleston77.1 mi away

4%33

Williston8.2 mi away

3%24

Denmark9.6 mi away

2%17

Elko5.4 mi away

2%16

Wilkinson Heights28.7 mi away

2%16

Bamberg15.6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%470

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

How far

How far Blackville commutes

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

24%

13%

38%

25%

24%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackville is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackville are

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

Jobs based in Blackville

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Blackville residents hold

789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−35%

Jobs based in Blackville, 2013 → 2023: 525 → 339. 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.