Work & commute · New Ellenton

Work & commute in New Ellenton, SC

Most working residents leave New Ellenton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Aiken (22%), North Augusta (3%) and Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 937 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 913 New Ellenton residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 444 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Ellenton.

913live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

444work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Ellenton goes to work

Aiken8.1 mi away

22%205

North Augusta17.3 mi away

3%25

New Ellenton (in town)right here

3%24

Columbia62.2 mi away

3%24

Beech Island12 mi away

2%20

Martinez, GA25.1 mi away

1%9

North Charleston99.8 mi away

1%6

Irmo54.8 mi away

1%5

Barnwell22 mi away

1%5

Greenville105.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%609

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

How far

How far New Ellenton commutes

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

43%

27%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Ellenton is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Ellenton are

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

Jobs based in New Ellenton

468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs New Ellenton residents hold

937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+76%

Jobs based in New Ellenton, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 468. 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.