Work & commute · Coward

Work & commute in Coward, SC

Most working residents leave Coward for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (21%), Lake City (3%) and North Charleston (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 291 Coward residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coward.

291live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coward goes to work

Florence14.2 mi away

21%62

Lake City7.6 mi away

3%8

North Charleston75.4 mi away

3%8

Columbia65.9 mi away

2%6

Turbeville16.4 mi away

1%4

Sumter37 mi away

1%4

Conway41.4 mi away

1%4

Charleston80.4 mi away

1%4

Quinby17.4 mi away

1%3

Coward (in town)right here

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%188

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

How far

How far Coward commutes

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

13%

49%

11%

27%

13%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coward is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coward are

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

Jobs based in Coward

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Coward residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+118%

Jobs based in Coward, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 122. 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.