Work & commute · Olanta

Work & commute in Olanta, SC

Most working residents leave Olanta for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (24%), Lake City (7%) and Charleston (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 199 Olanta residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olanta.

199live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olanta goes to work

Florence18.6 mi away

24%48

Lake City11.2 mi away

7%14

Olanta (in town)right here

2%5

Charleston76.6 mi away

2%4

Scranton10.8 mi away

1%3

Greenville151.9 mi away

1%3

Conway51.1 mi away

1%3

Quinby23.1 mi away

1%2

Cheraw52.6 mi away

1%2

North Myrtle Beach70.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%118

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

How far

How far Olanta commutes

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

60%

27%

8%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olanta is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olanta are

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

Jobs based in Olanta

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Olanta residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−28%

Jobs based in Olanta, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 93. 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.