Work & commute · Meggett

Work & commute in Meggett, SC

Most working residents leave Meggett for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (28%), North Charleston (15%) and Mount Pleasant (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 654 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 615 Meggett residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meggett.

615live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meggett goes to work

Charleston19.6 mi away

28%181

North Charleston19.4 mi away

15%97

Meggett (in town)right here

6%39

Mount Pleasant24.9 mi away

5%33

Hollywood5.5 mi away

3%20

Summerville22 mi away

2%13

Columbia99.6 mi away

2%13

Ravenel6.1 mi away

2%10

Greenville190.4 mi away

1%9

Kiawah Island13.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%231

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

How far

How far Meggett commutes

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

14%

58%

10%

18%

14%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meggett is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meggett are

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

Jobs based in Meggett

478 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Meggett residents hold

654 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+44%

Jobs based in Meggett, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 478. 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.