Work & commute · Greer

Work & commute in Greer, SC

Most working residents leave Greer for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (20%), Spartanburg (4%) and Mauldin (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,411 of 16,605 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,194 Greer residents head out of town to work, 1,411 work right here, and 14,876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greer.

15,194live here, work elsewhere

1,411live and work here

14,876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greer goes to work

Greenville10 mi away

20%3,377

Greer (in town)right here

8%1,411

Spartanburg17.2 mi away

4%677

Mauldin11.3 mi away

2%403

Wade Hampton6.7 mi away

2%402

Columbia97.7 mi away

2%258

Gantt14.3 mi away

1%234

Taylors5 mi away

1%183

Simpsonville14.1 mi away

1%181

Duncan4.8 mi away

1%148

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%9,331

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

How far

How far Greer commutes

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

50%

32%

13%

50%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greer is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greer are

16,287 jobs are based in Greer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greer

16,287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Greer residents hold

16,605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+80%

Jobs based in Greer, 2013 → 2023: 9,065 → 16,287. 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.