Work & commute · Seabrook Island

Work & commute in Seabrook Island, SC

Most working residents leave Seabrook Island for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (18%), Kiawah Island (17%) and North Charleston (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

56 of 537 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 481 Seabrook Island residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seabrook Island.

481live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

436work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seabrook Island goes to work

Charleston21.3 mi away

18%98

Kiawah Island7.6 mi away

17%90

Seabrook Island (in town)right here

10%56

North Charleston24.6 mi away

9%49

Mount Pleasant24.5 mi away

6%31

Columbia109.4 mi away

4%21

Greenville200.3 mi away

2%11

Summerville29.8 mi away

1%7

Myrtle Beach108.5 mi away

1%6

Folly Beach14.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%163

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

How far

How far Seabrook Island commutes

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

30%

31%

14%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seabrook Island is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seabrook Island are

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

Jobs based in Seabrook Island

492 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Seabrook Island residents hold

537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+43%

Jobs based in Seabrook Island, 2013 → 2023: 343 → 492. 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.