Work & commute · Gray Court

Work & commute in Gray Court, SC

Most working residents leave Gray Court for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (13%), Fountain Inn (3%) and Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 357 Gray Court residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gray Court.

357live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gray Court goes to work

Greenville21.2 mi away

13%46

Fountain Inn7.9 mi away

3%12

Columbia79.8 mi away

3%12

Laurens9 mi away

3%10

Simpsonville11.6 mi away

2%8

Gray Court (in town)right here

2%7

Mauldin16.1 mi away

2%6

Spartanburg25.7 mi away

2%6

Anderson30.7 mi away

1%5

North Charleston165.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%247

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

How far

How far Gray Court commutes

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

24%

41%

14%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gray Court is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gray Court are

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

Jobs based in Gray Court

277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Gray Court residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+27%

Jobs based in Gray Court, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 277. 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.