Work & commute · Seabrook

Work & commute in Seabrook, SC

Most working residents leave Seabrook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Beaufort (18%), Burton (10%) and Hilton Head Island (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 485 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 481 Seabrook residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seabrook.

481live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seabrook goes to work

Beaufort5.7 mi away

18%85

Burton7.7 mi away

10%50

Hilton Head Island23.8 mi away

6%31

Bluffton24.3 mi away

5%26

Port Royal12.9 mi away

5%24

North Charleston48.1 mi away

3%13

Savannah, GA44.2 mi away

2%12

Columbia104.3 mi away

2%12

Ridgeland10.6 mi away

2%8

Charleston49.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%217

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

How far

How far Seabrook commutes

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

38%

26%

15%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seabrook is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Seabrook are

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

Jobs based in Seabrook

131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Seabrook residents hold

485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+337%

Jobs based in Seabrook, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 131. 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.