Work & commute · Olympia

Work & commute in Olympia, SC

Most working residents leave Olympia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (26%), Cayce (5%) and Greenville (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 176 Olympia residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olympia.

176live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olympia goes to work

Columbia9.1 mi away

26%46

Cayce1.6 mi away

5%9

Greenville96.3 mi away

3%6

Charleston100.1 mi away

3%6

North Charleston92 mi away

3%5

Seven Oaks7.8 mi away

2%4

Charlotte, NC86.1 mi away

2%3

Lexington10.7 mi away

2%3

Lancaster53.9 mi away

1%2

West Columbia3.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%90

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

How far

How far Olympia commutes

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

43%

10%

41%

43%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olympia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olympia are

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

Jobs based in Olympia

211 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Olympia residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−61%

Jobs based in Olympia, 2013 → 2023: 547 → 211. 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.