Work & commute · Murrells Inlet

Work & commute in Murrells Inlet, SC

Most working residents leave Murrells Inlet for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Myrtle Beach (10%), Conway (6%) and Litchfield Beach (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

526 of 3,954 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,428 Murrells Inlet residents head out of town to work, 526 work right here, and 4,245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murrells Inlet.

3,428live here, work elsewhere

526live and work here

4,245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murrells Inlet goes to work

Murrells Inlet (in town)right here

13%526

Myrtle Beach14.5 mi away

10%413

Conway19.2 mi away

6%225

Litchfield Beach6.6 mi away

5%207

Georgetown18.1 mi away

4%160

Charleston73.1 mi away

3%134

Garden City3.8 mi away

3%125

North Charleston73.1 mi away

3%115

Columbia110.8 mi away

2%96

Surfside Beach5.8 mi away

2%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,862

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

How far

How far Murrells Inlet commutes

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

35%

29%

33%

35%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murrells Inlet is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Murrells Inlet are

4,771 jobs are based in Murrells Inlet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Murrells Inlet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Murrells Inlet

4,771 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Murrells Inlet residents hold

3,954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+97%

Jobs based in Murrells Inlet, 2013 → 2023: 2,425 → 4,771. 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.