Work & commute · Little Mountain

Work & commute in Little Mountain, SC

Most working residents leave Little Mountain for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chapin (5%), Columbia (5%) and Newberry (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 141 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 139 Little Mountain residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Mountain.

139live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Mountain goes to work

Chapin4.7 mi away

5%7

Columbia31.4 mi away

5%7

Newberry12.2 mi away

4%6

Lexington17.8 mi away

4%5

Cayce27.3 mi away

3%4

Irmo14 mi away

2%3

Greenville69.9 mi away

2%3

Little Mountain (in town)right here

1%2

West Columbia22.9 mi away

1%2

Spartanburg59.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%100

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

How far

How far Little Mountain commutes

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

21%

35%

13%

30%

21%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Mountain 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 Little Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Little Mountain

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Little Mountain residents hold

141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−42%

Jobs based in Little Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 44. 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.