Work & commute · Capitol View

Work & commute in Capitol View, SC

Most working residents leave Capitol View for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (37%), Cayce (2%) and Forest Acres (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,661 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,647 Capitol View residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 447 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Capitol View.

1,647live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

447work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Capitol View goes to work

Columbia5.3 mi away

37%615

Cayce6.7 mi away

2%41

Forest Acres5.4 mi away

2%29

West Columbia10.2 mi away

2%28

Arthurtown4.4 mi away

2%28

Seven Oaks13.6 mi away

2%27

Lexington17.2 mi away

2%26

Greenville101.7 mi away

1%24

North Charleston87.8 mi away

1%22

Woodfield6.4 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%799

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

How far

How far Capitol View commutes

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

56%

20%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Capitol View is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Capitol View are

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

Jobs based in Capitol View

461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Capitol View residents hold

1,661 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+11%

Jobs based in Capitol View, 2013 → 2023: 414 → 461. 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.