Work & commute · Golden Grove

Work & commute in Golden Grove, SC

Most working residents leave Golden Grove for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (22%), Mauldin (3%) and Gantt (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 1,324 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,319 Golden Grove residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden Grove.

1,319live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden Grove goes to work

Greenville9 mi away

22%295

Mauldin8.3 mi away

3%43

Gantt4.7 mi away

3%35

Powdersville5.7 mi away

2%30

Columbia99.1 mi away

2%29

Greer18.6 mi away

2%24

Wade Hampton12.6 mi away

2%23

Anderson18.3 mi away

2%21

Spartanburg32.6 mi away

2%21

Easley11.2 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%784

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

How far

How far Golden Grove commutes

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

45%

36%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden Grove is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden Grove are

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

Jobs based in Golden Grove

208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Golden Grove residents hold

1,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+20%

Jobs based in Golden Grove, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 208. 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.