Work & commute · Elko

Work & commute in Elko, SC

Most working residents leave Elko for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (12%), Barnwell (9%) and Columbia (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Elko residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elko.

56live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elko goes to work

Williston2.8 mi away

12%7

Barnwell9.6 mi away

9%5

Columbia53.3 mi away

9%5

Aiken22.4 mi away

7%4

Beech Island29.6 mi away

5%3

Elko (in town)right here

3%2

North Charleston82.5 mi away

3%2

Palm Beach, FL468.8 mi away

2%1

Tampa, FL379.6 mi away

2%1

Marietta, GA186.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%27

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

How far

How far Elko commutes

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

22%

26%

28%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elko is a job hub

4.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elko are

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

Jobs based in Elko

270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Elko residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−61%

Jobs based in Elko, 2013 → 2023: 685 → 270. 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.