Work & commute · Dentsville

Work & commute in Dentsville, SC

Most working residents leave Dentsville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (30%), Woodfield (4%) and West Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

229 of 5,598 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,369 Dentsville residents head out of town to work, 229 work right here, and 7,036 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dentsville.

5,369live here, work elsewhere

229live and work here

7,036work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dentsville goes to work

Columbia4.1 mi away

30%1,678

Dentsville (in town)right here

4%229

Woodfield1.8 mi away

4%206

West Columbia10.2 mi away

3%145

Seven Oaks10.8 mi away

2%112

Forest Acres3.1 mi away

2%104

St. Andrews8.8 mi away

2%95

Cayce9.9 mi away

2%86

Lexington16.3 mi away

1%82

Greenville95.9 mi away

1%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,781

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

How far

How far Dentsville commutes

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

58%

20%

18%

58%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dentsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dentsville are

7,265 jobs are based in Dentsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dentsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dentsville

7,265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Dentsville residents hold

5,598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−12%

Jobs based in Dentsville, 2013 → 2023: 8,288 → 7,265. 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.