Work & commute · Goose Creek

Work & commute in Goose Creek, SC

Most working residents leave Goose Creek for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are North Charleston (29%), Charleston (16%) and Mount Pleasant (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,413 of 19,553 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 18,140 Goose Creek residents head out of town to work, 1,413 work right here, and 9,371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goose Creek.

18,140live here, work elsewhere

1,413live and work here

9,371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goose Creek goes to work

North Charleston6.3 mi away

29%5,584

Charleston11.7 mi away

16%3,126

Goose Creek (in town)right here

7%1,413

Mount Pleasant15.5 mi away

6%1,086

Summerville9.8 mi away

4%789

Moncks Corner14.3 mi away

2%468

Columbia88.5 mi away

2%393

Hanahan4.4 mi away

2%343

Greenville185.5 mi away

1%223

Ladson5.8 mi away

1%222

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%5,906

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

How far

How far Goose Creek commutes

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

43%

38%

17%

43%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goose Creek is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Goose Creek are

10,784 jobs are based in Goose Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goose Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goose Creek

10,784 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Goose Creek residents hold

19,553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+41%

Jobs based in Goose Creek, 2013 → 2023: 7,644 → 10,784. 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.