Work & commute · Due West

Work & commute in Due West, SC

Most working residents leave Due West for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Greenwood (10%), Anderson (7%) and Abbeville (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 431 Due West residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Due West.

431live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Due West goes to work

Greenwood16.4 mi away

10%48

Anderson19.5 mi away

7%34

Due West (in town)right here

6%28

Abbeville10.7 mi away

6%26

Columbia87.5 mi away

5%21

Greenville34.9 mi away

2%9

Gantt31.1 mi away

1%6

Honea Path8 mi away

1%4

Aiken67.1 mi away

1%4

Clemson34.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%276

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

How far

How far Due West commutes

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

19%

44%

14%

23%

19%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Due West is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Due West are

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

Jobs based in Due West

431 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Due West residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−18%

Jobs based in Due West, 2013 → 2023: 527 → 431. 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.