Work & commute · Lake Wylie

Work & commute in Lake Wylie, SC

Most working residents leave Lake Wylie for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (35%), Rock Hill (7%) and Gastonia (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

329 of 6,421 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,092 Lake Wylie residents head out of town to work, 329 work right here, and 1,903 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Wylie.

6,092live here, work elsewhere

329live and work here

1,903work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Wylie goes to work

Charlotte, NC15.4 mi away

35%2,241

Rock Hill11.5 mi away

7%448

Lake Wylie (in town)right here

5%329

Gastonia, NC12.4 mi away

3%216

Fort Mill9.7 mi away

3%211

Columbia73.8 mi away

2%123

Clover8.7 mi away

2%113

Greenville75.5 mi away

1%80

Pineville, NC10.2 mi away

1%57

York11.7 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,550

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

How far

How far Lake Wylie commutes

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

24%

54%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Wylie is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Wylie are

2,232 jobs are based in Lake Wylie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Wylie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Wylie

2,232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lake Wylie residents hold

6,421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+75%

Jobs based in Lake Wylie, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 2,232. 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.