Work & commute · Cayce

Work & commute in Cayce, SC

Most working residents leave Cayce for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (30%), West Columbia (6%) and Lexington (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

503 of 6,119 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 5,616 Cayce residents head out of town to work, 503 work right here, and 14,676 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cayce.

5,616live here, work elsewhere

503live and work here

14,676work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cayce goes to work

Columbia10.2 mi away

30%1,848

Cayce (in town)right here

8%503

West Columbia4.4 mi away

6%382

Lexington10.8 mi away

3%213

Seven Oaks8.8 mi away

2%140

Greenville97.2 mi away

1%82

North Charleston90.8 mi away

1%73

Arthurtown2.4 mi away

1%65

Woodfield9.8 mi away

1%61

St. Andrews7.9 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,693

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

How far

How far Cayce commutes

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

65%

14%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cayce is a job hub

2.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cayce are

15,179 jobs are based in Cayce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cayce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cayce

15,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cayce residents hold

6,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+28%

Jobs based in Cayce, 2013 → 2023: 11,895 → 15,179. 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.