Work & commute · Carolina Forest

Work & commute in Carolina Forest, SC

Most working residents leave Carolina Forest for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Myrtle Beach (26%), Conway (12%) and North Myrtle Beach (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

791 of 9,647 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,856 Carolina Forest residents head out of town to work, 791 work right here, and 5,378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carolina Forest.

8,856live here, work elsewhere

791live and work here

5,378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carolina Forest goes to work

Myrtle Beach4.2 mi away

26%2,529

Conway9.1 mi away

12%1,150

Carolina Forest (in town)right here

8%791

North Myrtle Beach12.4 mi away

6%556

North Charleston88.7 mi away

2%172

Columbia115.4 mi away

2%150

Socastee7.7 mi away

2%145

Red Hill5.9 mi away

1%141

Little River17.5 mi away

1%137

Murrells Inlet16.6 mi away

1%129

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,747

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

How far

How far Carolina Forest commutes

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

55%

22%

21%

55%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carolina Forest is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carolina Forest are

6,169 jobs are based in Carolina Forest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carolina Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carolina Forest

6,169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Carolina Forest residents hold

9,647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+109%

Jobs based in Carolina Forest, 2013 → 2023: 2,956 → 6,169. 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.