Work & commute · East Gaffney

Work & commute in East Gaffney, SC

Most working residents leave East Gaffney for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Gaffney (17%), Spartanburg (4%) and Greenville (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,267 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,221 East Gaffney residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Gaffney.

1,221live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

660work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Gaffney goes to work

Gaffney2.3 mi away

17%219

Spartanburg19.6 mi away

4%46

East Gaffney (in town)right here

4%46

Greenville45.2 mi away

3%36

Charlotte, NC45.6 mi away

2%31

Rock Hill35.7 mi away

1%18

Gastonia, NC27.4 mi away

1%14

Columbia83.2 mi away

1%14

North Charleston174.4 mi away

1%13

Charleston182.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%818

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

How far

How far East Gaffney commutes

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

44%

16%

21%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Gaffney is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Gaffney are

706 jobs are based in East Gaffney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Gaffney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Gaffney

706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs East Gaffney residents hold

1,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−44%

Jobs based in East Gaffney, 2013 → 2023: 1,265 → 706. 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.