Work & commute · Darlington

Work & commute in Darlington, SC

Most working residents leave Darlington for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (21%), Hartsville (4%) and Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

374 of 2,625 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,251 Darlington residents head out of town to work, 374 work right here, and 3,302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darlington.

2,251live here, work elsewhere

374live and work here

3,302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darlington goes to work

Florence9.5 mi away

21%543

Darlington (in town)right here

14%374

Hartsville13.1 mi away

4%108

Columbia61.6 mi away

3%69

Quinby9 mi away

1%38

North Charleston96.3 mi away

1%30

Woodfield63 mi away

1%23

Charleston102 mi away

1%22

Cheraw27.5 mi away

1%21

Marion28.2 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,381

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

How far

How far Darlington commutes

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

46%

20%

27%

46%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darlington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Darlington are

3,676 jobs are based in Darlington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Darlington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Darlington

3,676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Darlington residents hold

2,625 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−1%

Jobs based in Darlington, 2013 → 2023: 3,700 → 3,676. 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.