Work & commute · Inman

Work & commute in Inman, SC

Most working residents leave Inman for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (14%), Greenville (7%) and Southern Shops (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,432 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,396 Inman residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 971 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inman.

1,396live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

971work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inman goes to work

Spartanburg11.6 mi away

14%195

Greenville21.2 mi away

7%101

Southern Shops7.1 mi away

3%44

Inman (in town)right here

3%36

Greer11.2 mi away

2%35

Columbia97.1 mi away

2%24

Boiling Springs6.3 mi away

2%22

Mauldin22 mi away

1%18

Valley Falls7.4 mi away

1%18

Hilltop8.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%923

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

How far

How far Inman commutes

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

33%

45%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inman is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inman are

1,007 jobs are based in Inman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Inman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Inman

1,007 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Inman residents hold

1,432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−8%

Jobs based in Inman, 2013 → 2023: 1,091 → 1,007. 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.