Work & commute · Greenwood

Work & commute in Greenwood, SC

About one in 4 of Greenwood’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbia (3%), Greenville (3%) and Abbeville (1%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

2,485 of 8,724 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 6,239 Greenwood residents head out of town to work, 2,485 work right here, and 12,605 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenwood.

6,239live here, work elsewhere

2,485live and work here

12,605work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenwood goes to work

Greenwood (in town)right here

28%2,485

Columbia72.6 mi away

3%238

Greenville45.9 mi away

3%226

Abbeville12.9 mi away

1%111

Anderson35.9 mi away

1%109

Aiken52 mi away

1%77

Mauldin41.3 mi away

1%67

Laurens22.5 mi away

1%66

North Charleston149.2 mi away

1%56

North Augusta47.8 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%5,238

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

How far

How far Greenwood commutes

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

50%

19%

23%

50%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenwood is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenwood are

15,090 jobs are based in Greenwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenwood

15,090 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Greenwood residents hold

8,724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+10%

Jobs based in Greenwood, 2013 → 2023: 13,737 → 15,090. 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.