Work & commute · Mount Pleasant

Work & commute in Mount Pleasant, SC

About one in 4 of Mount Pleasant’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charleston (27%), North Charleston (14%) and Columbia (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

10,904 of 39,998 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,094 Mount Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 10,904 work right here, and 27,474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Pleasant.

29,094live here, work elsewhere

10,904live and work here

27,474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Pleasant goes to work

Mount Pleasant (in town)right here

27%10,904

Charleston6.5 mi away

27%10,868

North Charleston14 mi away

14%5,677

Columbia104 mi away

2%788

Isle of Palms6.5 mi away

1%534

Summerville22.8 mi away

1%474

Greenville200.6 mi away

1%435

Goose Creek15.5 mi away

1%347

Hanahan11.8 mi away

1%308

Sullivan's Island3.1 mi away

1%292

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%9,371

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

How far

How far Mount Pleasant commutes

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

55%

26%

17%

55%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Pleasant is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Pleasant are

38,378 jobs are based in Mount Pleasant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Pleasant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Pleasant

38,378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Mount Pleasant residents hold

39,998 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+62%

Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 23,706 → 38,378. 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.