Work & commute · Saxon

Work & commute in Saxon, SC

Most working residents leave Saxon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (13%), Greenville (7%) and Southern Shops (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,343 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,316 Saxon residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 676 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saxon.

1,316live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

676work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saxon goes to work

Spartanburg2.7 mi away

13%175

Greenville23.9 mi away

7%97

Southern Shops1.9 mi away

3%47

Columbia88.1 mi away

2%31

Greer14.9 mi away

2%30

Valley Falls3.1 mi away

2%28

Saxon (in town)right here

2%27

Fairforest2.9 mi away

2%25

Hilltop1.2 mi away

2%24

Boiling Springs5.8 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%837

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

How far

How far Saxon commutes

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

49%

23%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saxon is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saxon are

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

Jobs based in Saxon

703 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Saxon residents hold

1,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+38%

Jobs based in Saxon, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 703. 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.