Work & commute · Dillon

Work & commute in Dillon, SC

About one in 5 of Dillon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Florence (8%), Little Rock (5%) and Columbia (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

513 of 2,544 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,031 Dillon residents head out of town to work, 513 work right here, and 2,887 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dillon.

2,031live here, work elsewhere

513live and work here

2,887work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dillon goes to work

Dillon (in town)right here

20%513

Florence29.5 mi away

8%200

Little Rock3.3 mi away

5%119

Columbia91.3 mi away

2%63

Marion17.1 mi away

2%55

Latta7 mi away

2%45

Bennettsville22.8 mi away

1%33

Lumberton, NC24.5 mi away

1%30

Sumter67.5 mi away

1%25

Quinby25 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,437

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

How far

How far Dillon commutes

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

40%

11%

19%

30%

40%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dillon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dillon are

3,400 jobs are based in Dillon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dillon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dillon

3,400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Dillon residents hold

2,544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−19%

Jobs based in Dillon, 2013 → 2023: 4,181 → 3,400. 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.