Work & commute · Coosawhatchie

Work & commute in Coosawhatchie, SC

Most working residents leave Coosawhatchie for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Beaufort (13%), Laurinburg (6%) and Lancaster (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 15 Coosawhatchie residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coosawhatchie.

15live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coosawhatchie goes to work

Beaufort15.2 mi away

13%2

Laurinburg, NC172.1 mi away

6%1

Lancaster148 mi away

6%1

Hilton Head Island29.7 mi away

6%1

North Charleston55.5 mi away

6%1

Hardeeville21.8 mi away

6%1

Mount Pleasant64.2 mi away

6%1

Charleston58.4 mi away

6%1

Columbia100.5 mi away

6%1

Coosawhatchie (in town)right here

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%5

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

How far

How far Coosawhatchie commutes

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

13%

38%

44%

13%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coosawhatchie is a job hub

3.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coosawhatchie are

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

Jobs based in Coosawhatchie

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month61%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Coosawhatchie residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month25%

+6000%

Jobs based in Coosawhatchie, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 61. 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.