Work & commute · Lobeco

Work & commute in Lobeco, SC

Most working residents leave Lobeco for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Burton (10%), Beaufort (9%) and Bluffton (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 107 Lobeco residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lobeco.

107live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lobeco goes to work

Burton8.7 mi away

10%11

Beaufort6.5 mi away

9%10

Bluffton25.8 mi away

7%8

Port Royal13.8 mi away

6%6

North Charleston46.4 mi away

4%4

Walterboro24.4 mi away

3%3

Columbia103.3 mi away

3%3

Savannah, GA45.9 mi away

2%2

Charlotte, NC183.7 mi away

2%2

Varnville28.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%57

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

How far

How far Lobeco commutes

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

24%

38%

13%

25%

24%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lobeco is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lobeco are

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

Jobs based in Lobeco

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)94%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lobeco residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+68%

Jobs based in Lobeco, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 64. 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.