Work & commute · Irmo

Work & commute in Irmo, SC

Most working residents leave Irmo for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (29%), Seven Oaks (4%) and Lexington (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

248 of 5,421 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,173 Irmo residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 6,617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irmo.

5,173live here, work elsewhere

248live and work here

6,617work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irmo goes to work

Columbia17.6 mi away

29%1,568

Irmo (in town)right here

5%248

Seven Oaks5 mi away

4%234

Lexington7.7 mi away

4%230

Cayce13.8 mi away

2%130

West Columbia9.5 mi away

2%126

Woodfield15.5 mi away

2%84

St. Andrews6.3 mi away

2%84

Greenville83.6 mi away

1%81

North Charleston104.6 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,574

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

How far

How far Irmo commutes

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

39%

41%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irmo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Irmo are

6,865 jobs are based in Irmo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Irmo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Irmo

6,865 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Irmo residents hold

5,421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+41%

Jobs based in Irmo, 2013 → 2023: 4,868 → 6,865. 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.