Work & commute · Gilbert

Work & commute in Gilbert, SC

Most working residents leave Gilbert for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (14%), Lexington (9%) and Cayce (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 224 Gilbert residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilbert.

224live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

292work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilbert goes to work

Columbia29.4 mi away

14%32

Lexington10.8 mi away

9%20

Cayce20.2 mi away

6%14

West Columbia17.3 mi away

4%10

Gilbert (in town)right here

2%5

Springdale16.2 mi away

2%4

Batesburg-Leesville8.1 mi away

2%4

Irmo16.6 mi away

1%3

Greenville84 mi away

1%3

Charleston111.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%131

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

How far

How far Gilbert commutes

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

20%

56%

10%

14%

20%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilbert is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilbert are

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

Jobs based in Gilbert

297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Gilbert residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+132%

Jobs based in Gilbert, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 297. 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.