Work & commute · Greenville

Work & commute in Greenville, SC

About one in 3 of Greenville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mauldin (4%), Wade Hampton (2%) and Greer (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

11,919 of 31,375 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,456 Greenville residents head out of town to work, 11,919 work right here, and 105,409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenville.

19,456live here, work elsewhere

11,919live and work here

105,409work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenville goes to work

Greenville (in town)right here

38%11,919

Mauldin5.1 mi away

4%1,216

Wade Hampton3.6 mi away

2%673

Greer10 mi away

2%665

Gantt4.4 mi away

2%563

Spartanburg25.9 mi away

2%507

Columbia100 mi away

2%471

Travelers Rest9.7 mi away

1%411

Simpsonville9.6 mi away

1%382

Easley12.7 mi away

1%261

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%14,307

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

How far

How far Greenville commutes

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

68%

14%

12%

68%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenville is a job hub

3.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenville are

117,328 jobs are based in Greenville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenville

117,328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Greenville residents hold

31,375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+24%

Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 94,989 → 117,328. 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.