Work & commute · Newberry

Work & commute in Newberry, SC

About one in 5 of Newberry’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbia (7%), Greenville (2%) and Prosperity (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

827 of 4,198 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,371 Newberry residents head out of town to work, 827 work right here, and 4,593 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newberry.

3,371live here, work elsewhere

827live and work here

4,593work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newberry goes to work

Newberry (in town)right here

20%827

Columbia43.4 mi away

7%273

Greenville58 mi away

2%83

Prosperity6.1 mi away

2%73

Greenwood32.1 mi away

1%52

Helena2.5 mi away

1%47

Seven Oaks30.8 mi away

1%43

Spartanburg49.6 mi away

1%40

North Charleston129.1 mi away

1%39

Lexington29.4 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%2,686

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

How far

How far Newberry commutes

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

46%

23%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newberry is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newberry are

5,420 jobs are based in Newberry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newberry

5,420 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Newberry residents hold

4,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−22%

Jobs based in Newberry, 2013 → 2023: 6,973 → 5,420. 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.