Work & commute · Harbor Island

Work & commute in Harbor Island, SC

About one in 5 of Harbor Island’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fripp Island (13%), Beaufort (10%) and Port Royal (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

8 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32 Harbor Island residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harbor Island.

32live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harbor Island goes to work

Harbor Island (in town)right here

20%8

Fripp Island6.6 mi away

13%5

Beaufort17.1 mi away

10%4

Port Royal15.8 mi away

5%2

Hilton Head Island23.1 mi away

5%2

Savannah, GA52 mi away

3%1

Atlanta, GA249.1 mi away

3%1

Orangeburg79.2 mi away

3%1

Florence128 mi away

3%1

Greenville201.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%14

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

How far

How far Harbor Island commutes

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

33%

25%

20%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harbor Island is a job hub

6.43jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harbor Island are

257 jobs are based in Harbor Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harbor Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harbor Island

257 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Harbor Island residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+928%

Jobs based in Harbor Island, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 257. 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.