Work & commute · Latta

Work & commute in Latta, SC

Most working residents leave Latta for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dillon (12%), Florence (10%) and Marion (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 486 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 460 Latta residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Latta.

460live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Latta goes to work

Dillon7 mi away

12%56

Florence23.3 mi away

10%48

Latta (in town)right here

5%26

Marion11.3 mi away

3%14

Little Rock9.3 mi away

2%11

Bennettsville24.6 mi away

2%9

North Charleston104.7 mi away

2%8

Mullins13.8 mi away

1%7

Columbia86.2 mi away

1%7

Lumberton, NC31.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%295

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

How far

How far Latta commutes

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

31%

29%

12%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Latta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Latta are

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

Jobs based in Latta

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Latta residents hold

486 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+10%

Jobs based in Latta, 2013 → 2023: 448 → 495. 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.