Work & commute · Ridge Spring

Work & commute in Ridge Spring, SC

Most working residents leave Ridge Spring for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Batesburg-Leesville (5%), Aiken (3%) and Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 238 Ridge Spring residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridge Spring.

238live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridge Spring goes to work

Batesburg-Leesville8.8 mi away

5%12

Ridge Spring (in town)right here

3%8

Aiken22 mi away

3%7

Columbia45.8 mi away

3%7

Lexington27.2 mi away

2%6

Edgefield15.9 mi away

2%5

Newberry30.3 mi away

2%5

Greenwood37.2 mi away

2%5

Greenville79.4 mi away

2%5

Saluda12.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

74%182

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

How far

How far Ridge Spring commutes

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

24%

29%

24%

23%

24%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridge Spring is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridge Spring are

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

Jobs based in Ridge Spring

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Ridge Spring residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−43%

Jobs based in Ridge Spring, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 130. 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.