Work & commute · Gaffney

Work & commute in Gaffney, SC

Most working residents leave Gaffney for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (6%), Charlotte (4%) and East Gaffney (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

914 of 5,644 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,730 Gaffney residents head out of town to work, 914 work right here, and 5,984 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gaffney.

4,730live here, work elsewhere

914live and work here

5,984work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gaffney goes to work

Gaffney (in town)right here

16%914

Spartanburg17.4 mi away

6%357

Charlotte, NC47.8 mi away

4%213

East Gaffney2.3 mi away

2%117

Greenville43 mi away

2%108

Columbia83.6 mi away

2%104

Rock Hill37.5 mi away

2%92

North Charleston174.8 mi away

1%45

Blacksburg8.8 mi away

1%40

Southern Shops19.7 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%3,615

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

How far

How far Gaffney commutes

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

42%

20%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gaffney is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gaffney are

6,898 jobs are based in Gaffney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gaffney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gaffney

6,898 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Gaffney residents hold

5,644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−4%

Jobs based in Gaffney, 2013 → 2023: 7,153 → 6,898. 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.