Work & commute · Lesslie

Work & commute in Lesslie, SC

Most working residents leave Lesslie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Hill (27%), Charlotte (19%) and Fort Mill (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,346 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,337 Lesslie residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lesslie.

1,337live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lesslie goes to work

Rock Hill5.5 mi away

27%366

Charlotte, NC23.4 mi away

19%257

Fort Mill8.5 mi away

4%52

Lancaster14.6 mi away

2%28

Columbia58.4 mi away

2%24

Catawba4.1 mi away

1%19

Greenville80.3 mi away

1%17

Pineville, NC14.9 mi away

1%13

North Charleston145 mi away

1%13

Asheville, NC102.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%546

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

How far

How far Lesslie commutes

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

40%

38%

19%

40%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lesslie is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lesslie are

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

Jobs based in Lesslie

415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Lesslie residents hold

1,346 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+237%

Jobs based in Lesslie, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 415. 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.