Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, SC

Most working residents leave Newport for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Hill (27%), Charlotte (20%) and Fort Mill (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 2,286 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,247 Newport residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

2,247live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Rock Hill5.4 mi away

27%625

Charlotte, NC20.4 mi away

20%467

Fort Mill8 mi away

4%102

York8.6 mi away

2%47

Newport (in town)right here

2%39

Columbia66.9 mi away

1%34

Lancaster25.4 mi away

1%27

Greenville73.5 mi away

1%25

Gastonia, NC18.5 mi away

1%20

Pineville, NC12.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%882

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

45%

34%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

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

Jobs based in Newport

720 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Newport residents hold

2,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+5%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 688 → 720. 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.