Work & commute · Pelion

Work & commute in Pelion, SC

Most working residents leave Pelion for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (12%), Cayce (8%) and Lexington (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 257 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 250 Pelion residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 510 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pelion.

250live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

510work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pelion goes to work

Columbia27.4 mi away

12%30

Cayce17.2 mi away

8%20

Lexington15.4 mi away

7%17

Pelion (in town)right here

3%7

Forest Acres24 mi away

2%5

Irmo23.1 mi away

2%5

West Columbia17.4 mi away

2%5

Seven Oaks20 mi away

2%5

Greenville97.3 mi away

2%4

Charleston98.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%155

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

How far

How far Pelion commutes

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

60%

15%

17%

8%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pelion is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pelion are

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

Jobs based in Pelion

517 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pelion residents hold

257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−12%

Jobs based in Pelion, 2013 → 2023: 587 → 517. 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.