Work & commute · Peak

Work & commute in Peak, SC

Most working residents leave Peak for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Newberry (19%), Lexington (9%) and Columbia (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 32 Peak residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peak.

32live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peak goes to work

Newberry15.8 mi away

19%6

Lexington17.9 mi away

9%3

Columbia28.1 mi away

6%2

Durham, NC182.6 mi away

3%1

Irmo12 mi away

3%1

Clemson89.9 mi away

3%1

Greenwood47.2 mi away

3%1

Sumter57.2 mi away

3%1

Helena18.3 mi away

3%1

Keowee Key98.7 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%14

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

How far

How far Peak commutes

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

19%

55%

23%

19%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peak is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Peak are

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

Jobs based in Peak

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Peak residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+525%

Jobs based in Peak, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 25. 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.