Work & commute · Keowee Key

Work & commute in Keowee Key, SC

Most working residents leave Keowee Key for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (10%), Clemson (6%) and Walhalla (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 746 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 696 Keowee Key residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keowee Key.

696live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

1,599work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keowee Key goes to work

Greenville31.1 mi away

10%73

Keowee Key (in town)right here

7%50

Clemson11 mi away

6%47

Walhalla8.9 mi away

4%30

Seneca10.1 mi away

4%27

Anderson25.7 mi away

3%20

North Charleston209.7 mi away

2%18

Greer39.4 mi away

2%12

Easley18.5 mi away

1%11

Columbia126.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%447

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

How far

How far Keowee Key commutes

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

25%

24%

28%

23%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keowee Key is a job hub

2.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Keowee Key are

1,649 jobs are based in Keowee Key. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keowee Key’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keowee Key

1,649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Keowee Key residents hold

746 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+325%

Jobs based in Keowee Key, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 1,649. 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.