Work & commute · Blythewood

Work & commute in Blythewood, SC

Most working residents leave Blythewood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (32%), Woodfield (3%) and Dentsville (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,968 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,918 Blythewood residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blythewood.

1,918live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

1,118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blythewood goes to work

Columbia12.9 mi away

32%632

Woodfield11 mi away

3%51

Blythewood (in town)right here

3%50

Dentsville9.5 mi away

2%41

Cayce18.1 mi away

2%39

Lexington19.8 mi away

2%34

West Columbia16.3 mi away

2%33

Seven Oaks14 mi away

1%25

St. Andrews12.6 mi away

1%23

Greenville89.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,018

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

How far

How far Blythewood commutes

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

20%

57%

18%

20%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blythewood is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blythewood are

1,168 jobs are based in Blythewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blythewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blythewood

1,168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Blythewood residents hold

1,968 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−25%

Jobs based in Blythewood, 2013 → 2023: 1,549 → 1,168. 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.