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Work & commute · Shell Point

Work & commute in Shell Point, SC

Most working residents leave Shell Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Beaufort (25%), Burton (9%) and Port Royal (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
5 of 865 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 860 Shell Point residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shell Point.

860live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
86work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Shell Point goes to work

DaltonSavannahBeaufortPort RoyalHilton Head IslandNorth CharlestonHardeevilleCharlestonBlufftonColumbiaFripp IslandShell PointLaurel BaySeabrookBurtonBeaufortBurtonPort RoyalHilton Head IslandBlufftonNorth CharlestonHardeevilleSavannahColumbiaCharlestonShell Point
1
Beaufort6 mi away
25%214
2
Burton3.5 mi away
9%82
3
Port Royal3.5 mi away
7%64
4
Hilton Head Island12.8 mi away
6%54
5
Bluffton15.1 mi away
5%43
6
North Charleston54.8 mi away
2%20
7
Hardeeville17.9 mi away
2%16
8
Savannah, GA36 mi away
2%15
9
Columbia115.3 mi away
1%11
10
Charleston55.2 mi away
1%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%337

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

How far

How far Shell Point commutes

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

50%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Shell Point is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shell Point are

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

Jobs based in Shell Point

91 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Shell Point residents hold

865 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−47%

Jobs based in Shell Point, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 91. 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.

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