Work & commute · Murphys Estates

Work & commute in Murphys Estates, SC

Most working residents leave Murphys Estates for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are North Augusta (9%), Aiken (6%) and Martinez (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 753 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 749 Murphys Estates residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murphys Estates.

749live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murphys Estates goes to work

North Augusta5.4 mi away

9%71

Aiken13.6 mi away

6%42

Martinez, GA10.5 mi away

3%20

Columbia67.4 mi away

3%19

Edgefield12.8 mi away

2%14

Beech Island12.3 mi away

1%11

Greenville88.6 mi away

1%10

Evans, GA11.4 mi away

1%9

North Charleston118.5 mi away

1%6

Irmo55.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%546

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

How far

How far Murphys Estates commutes

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

25%

32%

10%

33%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murphys Estates is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Murphys Estates are

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

Jobs based in Murphys Estates

149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Murphys Estates residents hold

753 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+12%

Jobs based in Murphys Estates, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 149. 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.