Work & commute · Edisto Beach

Work & commute in Edisto Beach, SC

Most working residents leave Edisto Beach for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (13%), North Charleston (10%) and Walterboro (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 327 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 301 Edisto Beach residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 477 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edisto Beach.

301live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

477work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edisto Beach goes to work

Charleston30.2 mi away

13%41

North Charleston32.3 mi away

10%33

Edisto Beach (in town)right here

8%26

Walterboro34.9 mi away

5%17

Mount Pleasant33.7 mi away

4%13

Columbia111.7 mi away

3%10

Summerville35.9 mi away

2%6

Bluffton41 mi away

2%6

Kiawah Island16.8 mi away

1%4

Beaufort24 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%167

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

How far

How far Edisto Beach commutes

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

15%

48%

28%

15%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edisto Beach is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Edisto Beach are

503 jobs are based in Edisto Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edisto Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edisto Beach

503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Edisto Beach residents hold

327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+33%

Jobs based in Edisto Beach, 2013 → 2023: 379 → 503. 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.