Work & commute · Kingstree

Work & commute in Kingstree, SC

Most working residents leave Kingstree for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (6%), Charleston (3%) and North Charleston (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

206 of 1,258 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,052 Kingstree residents head out of town to work, 206 work right here, and 1,898 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingstree.

1,052live here, work elsewhere

206live and work here

1,898work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingstree goes to work

Kingstree (in town)right here

16%206

Florence35.4 mi away

6%77

Charleston58.6 mi away

3%44

North Charleston53.6 mi away

3%37

Sumter37.6 mi away

2%31

Columbia66.6 mi away

2%31

Lake City14.5 mi away

2%23

Georgetown37.6 mi away

2%23

Manning22.4 mi away

1%18

Myrtle Beach54.3 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%750

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

How far

How far Kingstree commutes

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

28%

14%

27%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingstree is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingstree are

2,104 jobs are based in Kingstree. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingstree’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingstree

2,104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Kingstree residents hold

1,258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−12%

Jobs based in Kingstree, 2013 → 2023: 2,397 → 2,104. 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.