Work & commute · Duncan

Work & commute in Duncan, SC

Most working residents leave Duncan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (12%), Spartanburg (6%) and Greer (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 2,333 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 2,247 Duncan residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 3,214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duncan.

2,247live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

3,214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duncan goes to work

Greenville14 mi away

12%287

Spartanburg12.4 mi away

6%149

Greer4.8 mi away

6%132

Duncan (in town)right here

4%86

Southern Shops9.4 mi away

2%41

Mauldin13.8 mi away

1%32

Columbia93.9 mi away

1%27

Wade Hampton11.2 mi away

1%24

Lyman2.6 mi away

1%20

Simpsonville15.4 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,516

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

How far

How far Duncan commutes

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

43%

37%

15%

43%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duncan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Duncan are

3,300 jobs are based in Duncan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duncan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duncan

3,300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Duncan residents hold

2,333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−28%

Jobs based in Duncan, 2013 → 2023: 4,573 → 3,300. 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.