Work & commute · Rock Hill

Work & commute in Rock Hill, SC

About one in 3 of Rock Hill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (20%), Fort Mill (4%) and Columbia (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

9,888 of 34,063 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 24,175 Rock Hill residents head out of town to work, 9,888 work right here, and 32,024 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Hill.

24,175live here, work elsewhere

9,888live and work here

32,024work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Hill goes to work

Rock Hill (in town)right here

29%9,888

Charlotte, NC21.6 mi away

20%6,720

Fort Mill6.6 mi away

4%1,342

Columbia62.3 mi away

2%681

Greenville76.4 mi away

1%496

Lancaster20.1 mi away

1%362

York12.7 mi away

1%330

Pineville, NC13.2 mi away

1%307

Gastonia, NC23.6 mi away

1%246

North Charleston149.9 mi away

1%233

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%13,458

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

How far

How far Rock Hill commutes

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

43%

32%

20%

43%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Hill are

41,912 jobs are based in Rock Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rock Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rock Hill

41,912 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rock Hill residents hold

34,063 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+22%

Jobs based in Rock Hill, 2013 → 2023: 34,311 → 41,912. 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.