Work & commute · Lydia

Work & commute in Lydia, SC

Most working residents leave Lydia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hartsville (15%), Florence (15%) and Darlington (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 213 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 212 Lydia residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lydia.

212live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lydia goes to work

Hartsville5.8 mi away

15%31

Florence20.1 mi away

15%31

Darlington14.4 mi away

8%16

Columbia47.7 mi away

2%4

McBee14.8 mi away

1%3

Bishopville8.7 mi away

1%3

Sumter28.7 mi away

1%3

North Charleston94.7 mi away

1%3

Timmonsville14.7 mi away

1%2

Marion42 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%115

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

How far

How far Lydia commutes

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

22%

39%

13%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lydia is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lydia are

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

Jobs based in Lydia

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month5%

Jobs Lydia residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−41%

Jobs based in Lydia, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 37. 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.