Work & commute · Lakewood

Work & commute in Lakewood, SC

Most working residents leave Lakewood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sumter (26%), Columbia (8%) and Manning (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,064 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 1,051 Lakewood residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakewood.

1,051live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakewood goes to work

Sumter7.8 mi away

26%281

Columbia34.6 mi away

8%80

Manning12.3 mi away

3%31

Florence39.8 mi away

2%18

South Sumter3.6 mi away

1%13

Lakewood (in town)right here

1%13

Rock Hill85.3 mi away

1%11

East Sumter7.2 mi away

1%10

Greenville134.2 mi away

1%9

North Charleston65.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%589

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

How far

How far Lakewood commutes

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

49%

10%

22%

19%

49%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakewood is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakewood are

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

Jobs based in Lakewood

303 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Lakewood residents hold

1,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Lakewood, 2013 → 2023: 313 → 303. 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.