Work & commute · Powdersville

Work & commute in Powdersville, SC

Most working residents leave Powdersville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (21%), Easley (5%) and Williamston (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

272 of 4,663 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,391 Powdersville residents head out of town to work, 272 work right here, and 5,383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powdersville.

4,391live here, work elsewhere

272live and work here

5,383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powdersville goes to work

Greenville8.6 mi away

21%976

Powdersville (in town)right here

6%272

Easley5.7 mi away

5%216

Williamston11.2 mi away

2%115

Mauldin10.9 mi away

2%115

Clemson18.9 mi away

2%108

Anderson19.7 mi away

2%106

Gantt5.4 mi away

2%96

Greer18.5 mi away

2%74

Columbia104.5 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,515

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

How far

How far Powdersville commutes

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

44%

39%

12%

44%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powdersville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Powdersville are

5,655 jobs are based in Powdersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Powdersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Powdersville

5,655 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Powdersville residents hold

4,663 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+96%

Jobs based in Powdersville, 2013 → 2023: 2,887 → 5,655. 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.