Work & commute · Helena

Work & commute in Helena, SC

Most working residents leave Helena for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Newberry (13%), Columbia (4%) and Greenwood (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 418 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 412 Helena residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helena.

412live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helena goes to work

Newberry2.5 mi away

13%55

Columbia45.8 mi away

4%18

Greenwood29.7 mi away

2%9

Prosperity8.1 mi away

2%8

Greenville56.1 mi away

2%8

Seven Oaks33 mi away

2%8

Helena (in town)right here

1%6

Laurens26.4 mi away

1%5

Rock Hill57.6 mi away

1%5

Raleigh, NC200.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%292

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

How far

How far Helena commutes

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

43%

26%

24%

43%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helena is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Helena are

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

Jobs based in Helena

303 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Helena residents hold

418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+42%

Jobs based in Helena, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 303. 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.