Work & commute · Fort Lawn

Work & commute in Fort Lawn, SC

Most working residents leave Fort Lawn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Hill (23%), Charlotte (13%) and Lancaster (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 452 Fort Lawn residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Lawn.

452live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Lawn goes to work

Rock Hill17.7 mi away

23%105

Charlotte, NC35.3 mi away

13%57

Lancaster7 mi away

3%15

Chester17.5 mi away

2%10

Columbia45.6 mi away

2%10

Greenville83.6 mi away

2%8

Pineville, NC27.2 mi away

1%6

York27.8 mi away

1%6

Fort Mill21.2 mi away

1%6

Tega Cay24.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%227

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

How far

How far Fort Lawn commutes

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

13%

40%

28%

19%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Lawn is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Lawn are

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

Jobs based in Fort Lawn

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fort Lawn residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−18%

Jobs based in Fort Lawn, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 50. 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.