Work & commute · Orangeburg

Work & commute in Orangeburg, SC

Most working residents leave Orangeburg for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (6%), Wilkinson Heights (5%) and North Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

831 of 4,766 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,935 Orangeburg residents head out of town to work, 831 work right here, and 7,366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orangeburg.

3,935live here, work elsewhere

831live and work here

7,366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orangeburg goes to work

Orangeburg (in town)right here

17%831

Columbia37.8 mi away

6%288

Wilkinson Heights2.2 mi away

5%215

North Charleston61.1 mi away

4%202

Charleston69.2 mi away

2%93

Brookdale2.6 mi away

2%88

Sumter41.1 mi away

1%52

Aiken49.5 mi away

1%45

Lexington40.1 mi away

1%44

Cayce33.1 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,866

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

How far

How far Orangeburg commutes

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

41%

26%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orangeburg is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Orangeburg are

8,197 jobs are based in Orangeburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Orangeburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Orangeburg

8,197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Orangeburg residents hold

4,766 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−20%

Jobs based in Orangeburg, 2013 → 2023: 10,289 → 8,197. 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.