Work & commute · Little River

Work & commute in Little River, SC

Most working residents leave Little River for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are North Myrtle Beach (20%), Myrtle Beach (12%) and Conway (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
426 of 4,087 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,661 Little River residents head out of town to work, 426 work right here, and 3,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little River.

3,661live here, work elsewhere
426live and work here
3,017work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Little River goes to work

Carolina ShoresCalabashLorisMyrtle BeachFlorenceNorth Myrtle BeachConwayNorth CharlestonCharlestonColumbiaForestbrookLittle RiverRed HillSocasteeCarolina ForestNorth Myrtle BeachMyrtle BeachConwayColumbiaNorth CharlestonFlorenceCarolina ForestCharlestonCalabashLittle River
120%809
2
Myrtle Beach18.4 mi away
12%480
3
Little River (in town)right here
10%426
4
Conway23.7 mi away
7%288
5
Columbia129.8 mi away
2%87
6
North Charleston105.8 mi away
2%74
7
Florence69.1 mi away
2%64
8
Carolina Forest17.5 mi away
2%64
9
Charleston105.8 mi away
1%61
10
Calabash, NC6 mi away
1%50
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%1,684

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

How far

How far Little River commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Little River is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Little River are

3,443 jobs are based in Little River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Little River

3,443 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Little River residents hold

4,087 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month45%
+36%

Jobs based in Little River, 2013 → 2023: 2,523 → 3,443. 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.

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