Work & commute · Moncks Corner

Work & commute in Moncks Corner, SC

Most working residents leave Moncks Corner for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are North Charleston (24%), Charleston (11%) and Goose Creek (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

638 of 5,748 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 5,110 Moncks Corner residents head out of town to work, 638 work right here, and 6,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moncks Corner.

5,110live here, work elsewhere

638live and work here

6,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moncks Corner goes to work

North Charleston20.2 mi away

24%1,361

Charleston25.8 mi away

11%654

Moncks Corner (in town)right here

11%638

Goose Creek14.3 mi away

5%271

Summerville17.5 mi away

4%228

Mount Pleasant28.2 mi away

3%198

Hanahan18.7 mi away

2%95

Columbia78.2 mi away

2%95

Greenville176.9 mi away

1%68

Ladson15 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,100

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

How far

How far Moncks Corner commutes

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

23%

50%

11%

16%

23%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moncks Corner is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moncks Corner are

7,163 jobs are based in Moncks Corner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moncks Corner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moncks Corner

7,163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Moncks Corner residents hold

5,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+17%

Jobs based in Moncks Corner, 2013 → 2023: 6,144 → 7,163. 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.