Work & commute · Port Royal

Work & commute in Port Royal, SC

Most working residents leave Port Royal for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Beaufort (19%), Burton (8%) and Hilton Head Island (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

253 of 3,676 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 3,423 Port Royal residents head out of town to work, 253 work right here, and 2,165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Royal.

3,423live here, work elsewhere

253live and work here

2,165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Royal goes to work

Beaufort7.3 mi away

19%709

Burton5.4 mi away

8%302

Port Royal (in town)right here

7%253

Hilton Head Island11.6 mi away

6%211

Bluffton16.6 mi away

4%155

Charleston53.5 mi away

3%120

North Charleston53.6 mi away

3%107

Columbia117.1 mi away

2%86

Savannah, GA37.4 mi away

2%66

Greenville196.4 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,623

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

How far

How far Port Royal commutes

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

43%

20%

31%

43%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Royal is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Royal are

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

Jobs based in Port Royal

2,418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Port Royal residents hold

3,676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+39%

Jobs based in Port Royal, 2013 → 2023: 1,742 → 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.