Work & commute · Denmark

Work & commute in Denmark, SC

Most working residents leave Denmark for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (6%), Bamberg (5%) and Wilkinson Heights (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

114 of 1,183 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,069 Denmark residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 633 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denmark.

1,069live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

633work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denmark goes to work

Denmark (in town)right here

10%114

Columbia52 mi away

6%74

Bamberg6 mi away

5%57

Wilkinson Heights21.5 mi away

4%45

Orangeburg19.8 mi away

3%41

North Charleston67.6 mi away

2%28

Charleston75.1 mi away

2%25

Aiken37.3 mi away

2%23

Lexington47.2 mi away

1%17

West Columbia46.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%744

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

How far

How far Denmark commutes

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

27%

20%

23%

31%

27%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denmark is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Denmark are

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

Jobs based in Denmark

747 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Denmark residents hold

1,183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−35%

Jobs based in Denmark, 2013 → 2023: 1,156 → 747. 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.