Work & commute · Fripp Island

Work & commute in Fripp Island, SC

Most working residents leave Fripp Island for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Harbor Island (13%), Beaufort (8%) and Burton (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 263 Fripp Island residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fripp Island.

263live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fripp Island goes to work

Harbor Island6.6 mi away

13%36

Beaufort16.9 mi away

8%23

Fripp Island (in town)right here

8%23

Burton16.6 mi away

7%21

Savannah, GA46.7 mi away

6%17

Hilton Head Island17.4 mi away

5%15

Charleston46 mi away

3%9

Bluffton27.1 mi away

3%9

Port Royal12.8 mi away

3%8

North Charleston47.9 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%117

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

How far

How far Fripp Island commutes

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

22%

37%

19%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fripp Island is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fripp Island are

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

Jobs based in Fripp Island

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Fripp Island residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−20%

Jobs based in Fripp Island, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 86. 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.