Work & commute · Edisto

Work & commute in Edisto, SC

Most working residents leave Edisto for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Orangeburg (17%), Columbia (5%) and Wilkinson Heights (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 914 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 903 Edisto residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edisto.

903live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edisto goes to work

Orangeburg2.2 mi away

17%151

Columbia38.9 mi away

5%44

Wilkinson Heights4.2 mi away

5%42

North Charleston61.8 mi away

4%33

Charleston69.9 mi away

2%20

Brookdale4.7 mi away

2%19

Sumter43.1 mi away

2%14

Seven Oaks41.6 mi away

1%12

Edisto (in town)right here

1%11

Denmark17.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%560

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

How far

How far Edisto commutes

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

44%

26%

22%

44%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edisto is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edisto are

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

Jobs based in Edisto

422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Edisto residents hold

914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−46%

Jobs based in Edisto, 2013 → 2023: 780 → 422. 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.