Work & commute · Hanahan

Work & commute in Hanahan, SC

Most working residents leave Hanahan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are North Charleston (30%), Charleston (21%) and Mount Pleasant (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

466 of 9,031 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,565 Hanahan residents head out of town to work, 466 work right here, and 4,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanahan.

8,565live here, work elsewhere

466live and work here

4,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanahan goes to work

North Charleston3.8 mi away

30%2,670

Charleston7.3 mi away

21%1,855

Mount Pleasant11.8 mi away

8%680

Hanahan (in town)right here

5%466

Goose Creek4.4 mi away

3%288

Summerville11.4 mi away

2%224

Columbia92.4 mi away

2%145

Moncks Corner18.7 mi away

1%113

Greenville188.9 mi away

1%97

Ladson8.2 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%2,427

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

How far

How far Hanahan commutes

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

57%

25%

17%

57%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanahan 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 Hanahan are

4,991 jobs are based in Hanahan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanahan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanahan

4,991 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Hanahan residents hold

9,031 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+8%

Jobs based in Hanahan, 2013 → 2023: 4,607 → 4,991. 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.