Work & commute · Northlake

Work & commute in Northlake, SC

Most working residents leave Northlake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (19%), Greenville (10%) and Clemson (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,742 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 1,700 Northlake residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 2,107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northlake.

1,700live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

2,107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northlake goes to work

Anderson4.1 mi away

19%326

Greenville25.9 mi away

10%166

Clemson10.6 mi away

5%79

Northlake (in town)right here

2%42

Easley18 mi away

1%24

Mauldin26 mi away

1%23

Spartanburg50.2 mi away

1%19

Columbia108.3 mi away

1%16

Greenwood39.8 mi away

1%14

Wade Hampton29.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,019

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

How far

How far Northlake commutes

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

44%

22%

21%

14%

44%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northlake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Northlake are

2,149 jobs are based in Northlake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northlake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northlake

2,149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Northlake residents hold

1,742 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−20%

Jobs based in Northlake, 2013 → 2023: 2,683 → 2,149. 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.