Work & commute · Garden

Work & commute in Garden, SC

Most working residents leave Garden for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Myrtle Beach (15%), Murrells Inlet (8%) and Conway (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

289 of 3,665 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,376 Garden residents head out of town to work, 289 work right here, and 2,740 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garden.

3,376live here, work elsewhere

289live and work here

2,740work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garden goes to work

Myrtle Beach10.7 mi away

15%563

Garden City (in town)right here

8%289

Murrells Inlet3.8 mi away

8%275

Conway17 mi away

7%253

Surfside Beach2.1 mi away

5%196

Litchfield Beach10.2 mi away

3%108

North Myrtle Beach23.4 mi away

3%95

Georgetown21.9 mi away

2%90

Carolina Forest13.2 mi away

2%75

North Charleston76.9 mi away

2%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,655

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

How far

How far Garden commutes

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

42%

30%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Garden are

3,029 jobs are based in Garden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Garden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Garden

3,029 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Garden residents hold

3,665 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+15%

Jobs based in Garden, 2013 → 2023: 2,623 → 3,029. 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.