Work & commute · Fort Mill

Work & commute in Fort Mill, SC

Most working residents leave Fort Mill for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (30%), Rock Hill (9%) and Columbia (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,737 of 11,655 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,918 Fort Mill residents head out of town to work, 1,737 work right here, and 12,718 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Mill.

9,918live here, work elsewhere

1,737live and work here

12,718work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Mill goes to work

Charlotte, NC15.3 mi away

30%3,521

Fort Mill (in town)right here

15%1,737

Rock Hill6.6 mi away

9%1,032

Columbia66.8 mi away

2%233

Greenville81.5 mi away

1%160

Pineville, NC6.7 mi away

1%151

Baxter Village2.6 mi away

1%107

Tega Cay4.6 mi away

1%103

Lancaster21.5 mi away

1%102

Gastonia, NC21.8 mi away

1%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%4,412

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

How far

How far Fort Mill commutes

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

41%

38%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Mill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Mill are

14,455 jobs are based in Fort Mill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Mill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Mill

14,455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Fort Mill residents hold

11,655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+141%

Jobs based in Fort Mill, 2013 → 2023: 5,989 → 14,455. 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.