Work & commute · Ehrhardt

Work & commute in Ehrhardt, SC

Most working residents leave Ehrhardt for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (4%), North Charleston (4%) and Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

86 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 213 Ehrhardt residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ehrhardt.

213live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ehrhardt goes to work

Ehrhardt (in town)right here

5%12

Columbia65.4 mi away

4%10

North Charleston56.4 mi away

4%9

Charleston63.2 mi away

4%8

Bamberg14 mi away

3%6

Walterboro23.8 mi away

3%6

Smoaks11.6 mi away

1%3

Denmark16.4 mi away

1%3

Cayce58.9 mi away

1%3

Summerville48.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%162

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

How far

How far Ehrhardt commutes

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

11%

16%

23%

49%

11%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ehrhardt is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ehrhardt are

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

Jobs based in Ehrhardt

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Ehrhardt residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+21%

Jobs based in Ehrhardt, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 224. 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.