Work & commute · Lane

Work & commute in Lane, SC

Most working residents leave Lane for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kingstree (12%), Florence (4%) and Columbia (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 166 Lane residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lane.

166live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lane goes to work

Kingstree10.2 mi away

12%20

Florence45.4 mi away

4%7

Columbia68.5 mi away

4%7

North Charleston43.4 mi away

4%6

Charleston48.5 mi away

2%4

Lake City24.7 mi away

2%3

Hartsville59.2 mi away

2%3

Moncks Corner23.2 mi away

2%3

Myrtle Beach58.5 mi away

2%3

Sumter41.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%109

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

How far

How far Lane commutes

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

12%

28%

30%

12%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lane is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lane are

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

Jobs based in Lane

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month75%

Over $3,333 a month4%

Jobs Lane residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+838%

Jobs based in Lane, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 75. 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.