Work & commute · North Augusta

Work & commute in North Augusta, SC

Most working residents leave North Augusta for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Aiken (7%), Martinez (3%) and Columbia (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

935 of 9,901 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,966 North Augusta residents head out of town to work, 935 work right here, and 6,865 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Augusta.

8,966live here, work elsewhere

935live and work here

6,865work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Augusta goes to work

North Augusta (in town)right here

9%935

Aiken13.3 mi away

7%673

Martinez, GA8.3 mi away

3%268

Columbia70.5 mi away

2%246

Evans, GA11 mi away

2%190

Greenville93.7 mi away

1%103

Beech Island7.6 mi away

1%86

North Charleston117.1 mi away

1%85

Charleston124.4 mi away

0%49

Lexington53.2 mi away

0%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%7,229

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

How far

How far North Augusta commutes

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

27%

37%

32%

27%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Augusta is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Augusta are

7,800 jobs are based in North Augusta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Augusta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Augusta

7,800 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs North Augusta residents hold

9,901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+21%

Jobs based in North Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 6,462 → 7,800. 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.