Work & commute · Lake Secession

Work & commute in Lake Secession, SC

Most working residents leave Lake Secession for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (9%), Abbeville (8%) and Greenwood (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 441 Lake Secession residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Secession.

441live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Secession goes to work

Anderson16.3 mi away

9%40

Abbeville14.2 mi away

8%36

Greenwood25.5 mi away

5%24

Iva4.6 mi away

5%21

Columbia98 mi away

3%14

Greenville39.9 mi away

3%13

Mauldin37.5 mi away

2%8

Homeland Park12.7 mi away

2%7

North Charleston173.3 mi away

1%6

Due West11.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%270

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

How far

How far Lake Secession commutes

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

12%

44%

24%

20%

12%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Secession is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Secession are

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

Jobs based in Lake Secession

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Lake Secession residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−50%

Jobs based in Lake Secession, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 11. 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.