Work & commute · Johnston

Work & commute in Johnston, SC

Most working residents leave Johnston for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Aiken (6%), Edgefield (5%) and Greenville (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 901 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 875 Johnston residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnston.

875live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnston goes to work

Aiken21.3 mi away

6%52

Edgefield7.8 mi away

5%45

Johnston (in town)right here

3%26

Greenville76.3 mi away

2%22

North Augusta23.1 mi away

2%19

Columbia53.9 mi away

2%17

Batesburg-Leesville16.7 mi away

1%13

Greenwood32 mi away

1%13

Trenton6.7 mi away

1%11

Lexington35.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

75%673

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

How far

How far Johnston commutes

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

29%

28%

22%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnston is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnston are

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

Jobs based in Johnston

227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Johnston residents hold

901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−37%

Jobs based in Johnston, 2013 → 2023: 362 → 227. 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.