Work & commute · Hickory Grove

Work & commute in Hickory Grove, SC

Most working residents leave Hickory Grove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (16%), Rock Hill (14%) and York (10%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 181 Hickory Grove residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hickory Grove.

181live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hickory Grove goes to work

Charlotte, NC36.9 mi away

16%30

Rock Hill22.8 mi away

14%27

York10.7 mi away

10%18

Hickory Grove (in town)right here

3%6

Clover14.6 mi away

3%6

Greenville54.3 mi away

3%5

Columbia71.2 mi away

3%5

Gastonia, NC23.1 mi away

2%3

Fort Mill27.2 mi away

2%3

Pineville, NC31.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%82

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

How far

How far Hickory Grove commutes

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

38%

32%

20%

9%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hickory Grove is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hickory Grove are

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

Jobs based in Hickory Grove

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Hickory Grove residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+27%

Jobs based in Hickory Grove, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 85. 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.