Work & commute · Forestbrook

Work & commute in Forestbrook, SC

Most working residents leave Forestbrook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Myrtle Beach (26%), Conway (13%) and North Myrtle Beach (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 2,799 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,760 Forestbrook residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 648 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forestbrook.

2,760live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

648work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forestbrook goes to work

Myrtle Beach4.8 mi away

26%723

Conway8.9 mi away

13%356

North Myrtle Beach16.4 mi away

4%108

Carolina Forest4.3 mi away

4%101

Socastee3.5 mi away

3%86

Murrells Inlet12.6 mi away

2%52

Surfside Beach7.9 mi away

2%44

North Charleston84.4 mi away

2%44

Columbia112.9 mi away

1%40

Forestbrook (in town)right here

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,206

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

How far

How far Forestbrook commutes

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

56%

20%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forestbrook is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forestbrook are

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

Jobs based in Forestbrook

687 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Forestbrook residents hold

2,799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+196%

Jobs based in Forestbrook, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 687. 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.