Work & commute · Ridgeland

Work & commute in Ridgeland, SC

Most working residents leave Ridgeland for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Hilton Head Island (11%), Bluffton (9%) and Beaufort (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

118 of 1,299 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,181 Ridgeland residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 1,880 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgeland.

1,181live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

1,880work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgeland goes to work

Hilton Head Island22 mi away

11%146

Bluffton17.5 mi away

9%123

Ridgeland (in town)right here

9%118

Beaufort11.6 mi away

6%79

North Charleston58.6 mi away

3%34

Hardeeville14.6 mi away

3%34

Burton11 mi away

2%32

Savannah, GA35.3 mi away

2%31

Columbia108.6 mi away

2%30

Charleston60.5 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%651

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

How far

How far Ridgeland commutes

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

17%

46%

13%

25%

17%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgeland is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgeland are

1,998 jobs are based in Ridgeland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgeland

1,998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ridgeland residents hold

1,299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+5%

Jobs based in Ridgeland, 2013 → 2023: 1,904 → 1,998. 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.