Work & commute · Chesnee

Work & commute in Chesnee, SC

Most working residents leave Chesnee for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (14%), Southern Shops (3%) and Greenville (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 369 Chesnee residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesnee.

369live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesnee goes to work

Spartanburg14.3 mi away

14%54

Chesnee (in town)right here

5%19

Southern Shops13.5 mi away

3%13

Greenville35.5 mi away

3%11

Drayton11.9 mi away

3%10

Gaffney12.4 mi away

2%8

Columbia94.1 mi away

2%8

Boiling Springs9.6 mi away

2%8

Wade Hampton32.2 mi away

2%7

Greer25.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%244

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

How far

How far Chesnee commutes

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

16%

49%

19%

16%

16%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesnee is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesnee are

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

Jobs based in Chesnee

585 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Chesnee residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+6%

Jobs based in Chesnee, 2013 → 2023: 550 → 585. 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.