Work & commute · Camden

Work & commute in Camden, SC

Most working residents leave Camden for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (12%), Lugoff (4%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

578 of 3,332 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,754 Camden residents head out of town to work, 578 work right here, and 5,203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camden.

2,754live here, work elsewhere

578live and work here

5,203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camden goes to work

Camden (in town)right here

17%578

Columbia22.4 mi away

12%411

Lugoff6.5 mi away

4%145

Charlotte, NC66.8 mi away

3%94

Sumter25.1 mi away

2%83

East Camden2.4 mi away

2%65

Florence47 mi away

2%63

Woodfield23 mi away

1%47

Dentsville23.5 mi away

1%45

Seven Oaks33.8 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,765

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

How far

How far Camden commutes

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

30%

15%

32%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camden is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Camden are

5,781 jobs are based in Camden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Camden

5,781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Camden residents hold

3,332 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+6%

Jobs based in Camden, 2013 → 2023: 5,436 → 5,781. 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.