Work & commute · Roebuck

Work & commute in Roebuck, SC

Most working residents leave Roebuck for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (22%), Greenville (5%) and Southern Shops (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 1,068 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,050 Roebuck residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 1,224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roebuck.

1,050live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

1,224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roebuck goes to work

Spartanburg5.1 mi away

22%231

Greenville22.8 mi away

5%51

Southern Shops7.3 mi away

3%33

Greer15.4 mi away

2%20

Drayton7.6 mi away

2%18

Roebuck (in town)right here

2%18

Fairforest5.6 mi away

1%16

Hilltop6.7 mi away

1%15

Valley Falls8.8 mi away

1%15

Columbia84 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%637

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

How far

How far Roebuck commutes

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

55%

25%

15%

55%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roebuck is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roebuck are

1,242 jobs are based in Roebuck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roebuck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roebuck

1,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Roebuck residents hold

1,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+117%

Jobs based in Roebuck, 2013 → 2023: 573 → 1,242. 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.