Work & commute · North Santee

Work & commute in North Santee, SC

Most working residents leave North Santee for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Manning (11%), North Charleston (6%) and Columbia (6%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 242 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 237 North Santee residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Santee.

237live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Santee goes to work

Manning15.4 mi away

11%27

North Charleston47.7 mi away

6%15

Columbia44.2 mi away

6%14

Sumter27.6 mi away

5%13

Summerton5.5 mi away

3%8

Mount Pleasant60 mi away

3%7

Florence56.6 mi away

2%6

Santee5.7 mi away

2%5

Greenville142.9 mi away

2%5

Charleston55.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%137

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

How far

How far North Santee commutes

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

15%

20%

27%

38%

15%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Santee is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Santee are

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

Jobs based in North Santee

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs North Santee residents hold

242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+336%

Jobs based in North Santee, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 61. 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.