Work & commute · Saluda

Work & commute in Saluda, SC

Most working residents leave Saluda for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Greenwood (4%), Columbia (3%) and Batesburg-Leesville (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

92 of 1,090 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 998 Saluda residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 958 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saluda.

998live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

958work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saluda goes to work

Saluda (in town)right here

8%92

Greenwood25.6 mi away

4%44

Columbia50.1 mi away

3%33

Batesburg-Leesville15.1 mi away

3%28

Newberry21.6 mi away

2%27

Greenville66.9 mi away

2%24

Lexington31.5 mi away

2%17

Aiken32.6 mi away

1%14

Spartanburg65.8 mi away

1%12

North Augusta34.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%788

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

How far

How far Saluda commutes

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

27%

24%

25%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saluda is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saluda are

1,050 jobs are based in Saluda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saluda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saluda

1,050 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Saluda residents hold

1,090 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−28%

Jobs based in Saluda, 2013 → 2023: 1,459 → 1,050. 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.