Work & commute · McBee

Work & commute in McBee, SC

Most working residents leave McBee for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hartsville (13%), Charlotte (4%) and Columbia (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 349 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 328 McBee residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 405 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McBee.

328live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

405work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McBee goes to work

Hartsville12.1 mi away

13%45

McBee (in town)right here

6%21

Charlotte, NC60.7 mi away

4%14

Columbia47 mi away

4%14

Cheraw25.2 mi away

4%13

Florence33.2 mi away

4%13

Darlington25 mi away

2%7

Chesterfield21 mi away

2%6

Monroe, NC40.8 mi away

1%5

Lancaster34.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%207

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

How far

How far McBee commutes

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

22%

29%

20%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McBee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McBee are

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

Jobs based in McBee

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs McBee residents hold

349 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+22%

Jobs based in McBee, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 426. 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.