Work & commute · Pacolet

Work & commute in Pacolet, SC

Most working residents leave Pacolet for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (18%), Greenville (4%) and Southern Shops (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,013 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 999 Pacolet residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pacolet.

999live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pacolet goes to work

Spartanburg9.6 mi away

18%178

Greenville34.3 mi away

4%41

Southern Shops13.9 mi away

3%26

Gaffney13 mi away

2%21

Union14.9 mi away

2%18

Drayton9.2 mi away

2%17

Columbia77.5 mi away

2%16

Clifton6.3 mi away

2%16

Pacolet (in town)right here

1%14

Valley Falls13.5 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%653

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

How far

How far Pacolet commutes

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

19%

45%

17%

19%

19%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pacolet is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pacolet are

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

Jobs based in Pacolet

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Pacolet residents hold

1,013 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−7%

Jobs based in Pacolet, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 166. 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.