Work & commute · Parker

Work & commute in Parker, SC

Most working residents leave Parker for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (27%), Mauldin (4%) and Wade Hampton (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 4,887 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,789 Parker residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 2,320 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parker.

4,789live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

2,320work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parker goes to work

Greenville5.2 mi away

27%1,309

Mauldin9.7 mi away

4%193

Wade Hampton7.2 mi away

2%110

Greer13.9 mi away

2%105

Travelers Rest7.6 mi away

2%102

Parker (in town)right here

2%98

Easley7.9 mi away

2%88

Powdersville5.5 mi away

2%88

Spartanburg30.6 mi away

2%87

Gantt5.4 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,628

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

How far

How far Parker commutes

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

57%

21%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parker is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parker are

2,418 jobs are based in Parker. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parker’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parker

2,418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Parker residents hold

4,887 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−7%

Jobs based in Parker, 2013 → 2023: 2,588 → 2,418. 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.