Work & commute · Cameron

Work & commute in Cameron, SC

Most working residents leave Cameron for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (8%), Orangeburg (7%) and North Charleston (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 171 Cameron residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cameron.

171live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cameron goes to work

Columbia35 mi away

8%14

Orangeburg9.8 mi away

7%13

North Charleston58 mi away

5%8

Cameron (in town)right here

3%5

Lexington41.8 mi away

3%5

Wilkinson Heights7.9 mi away

3%5

Greenville129.2 mi away

2%3

Edisto11.9 mi away

2%3

St. Matthews8.2 mi away

1%2

Santee14.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%116

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

How far

How far Cameron commutes

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

31%

16%

26%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cameron is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cameron are

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

Jobs based in Cameron

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Cameron residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+16%

Jobs based in Cameron, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 148. 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.