Work & commute · Laurel Bay

Work & commute in Laurel Bay, SC

Most working residents leave Laurel Bay for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Beaufort (16%), Burton (8%) and Port Royal (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,184 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,153 Laurel Bay residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurel Bay.

1,153live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurel Bay goes to work

Beaufort3.7 mi away

16%195

Burton3.6 mi away

8%94

Port Royal8.9 mi away

5%65

Hilton Head Island18.8 mi away

4%52

Bluffton18.9 mi away

4%52

Columbia109.4 mi away

4%44

North Charleston52.5 mi away

3%39

Laurel Bay (in town)right here

3%31

Charleston53.7 mi away

2%29

Savannah, GA39 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%563

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

How far

How far Laurel Bay commutes

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

41%

19%

35%

41%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurel Bay is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurel Bay are

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

Jobs based in Laurel Bay

313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Laurel Bay residents hold

1,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+85%

Jobs based in Laurel Bay, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 313. 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.