Work & commute · Easley

Work & commute in Easley, SC

Most working residents leave Easley for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (19%), Powdersville (3%) and Clemson (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,089 of 10,622 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,533 Easley residents head out of town to work, 1,089 work right here, and 7,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Easley.

9,533live here, work elsewhere

1,089live and work here

7,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Easley goes to work

Greenville12.7 mi away

19%2,005

Easley (in town)right here

10%1,089

Powdersville5.7 mi away

3%269

Clemson15.7 mi away

2%249

Mauldin16.2 mi away

2%209

Anderson20.8 mi away

2%195

Gantt10.7 mi away

1%156

Greer21.7 mi away

1%147

Columbia110.2 mi away

1%146

Wade Hampton15.1 mi away

1%143

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%6,014

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

How far

How far Easley commutes

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

33%

49%

12%

33%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Easley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Easley are

8,614 jobs are based in Easley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Easley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Easley

8,614 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Easley residents hold

10,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Easley, 2013 → 2023: 9,316 → 8,614. 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.