Work & commute · Ravenel

Work & commute in Ravenel, SC

Most working residents leave Ravenel for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (30%), North Charleston (20%) and Mount Pleasant (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,099 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,074 Ravenel residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 645 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravenel.

1,074live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

645work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravenel goes to work

Charleston15.2 mi away

30%329

North Charleston13.5 mi away

20%218

Mount Pleasant21.2 mi away

4%48

Hollywood2.4 mi away

3%28

Ravenel (in town)right here

2%25

Kiawah Island14.8 mi away

2%24

Columbia95.4 mi away

2%19

Summerville16 mi away

2%17

Goose Creek19.6 mi away

1%16

Greenville187.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%360

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

How far

How far Ravenel commutes

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

11%

67%

17%

11%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravenel is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravenel are

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

Jobs based in Ravenel

670 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Ravenel residents hold

1,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+27%

Jobs based in Ravenel, 2013 → 2023: 527 → 670. 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.