Work & commute · Seneca

Work & commute in Seneca, SC

Most working residents leave Seneca for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Clemson (8%), Greenville (8%) and Walhalla (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

259 of 3,428 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 3,169 Seneca residents head out of town to work, 259 work right here, and 3,172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seneca.

3,169live here, work elsewhere

259live and work here

3,172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seneca goes to work

Clemson8.9 mi away

8%270

Greenville35.9 mi away

8%264

Seneca (in town)right here

8%259

Walhalla8 mi away

5%166

Anderson21.4 mi away

3%94

Columbia126 mi away

2%61

Keowee Key10.1 mi away

1%51

Clemson University7.4 mi away

1%43

Easley23.6 mi away

1%36

North Charleston206.3 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%2,149

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

How far

How far Seneca commutes

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

48%

13%

19%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seneca is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seneca are

3,431 jobs are based in Seneca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seneca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seneca

3,431 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Seneca residents hold

3,428 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−34%

Jobs based in Seneca, 2013 → 2023: 5,194 → 3,431. 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.