Work & commute · Simpsonville

Work & commute in Simpsonville, SC

Most working residents leave Simpsonville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (23%), Mauldin (5%) and Fountain Inn (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

617 of 11,260 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,643 Simpsonville residents head out of town to work, 617 work right here, and 7,726 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Simpsonville.

10,643live here, work elsewhere

617live and work here

7,726work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Simpsonville goes to work

Greenville9.6 mi away

23%2,555

Simpsonville (in town)right here

5%617

Mauldin4.5 mi away

5%565

Fountain Inn3.8 mi away

2%248

Spartanburg24 mi away

2%239

Greer14.1 mi away

2%224

Wade Hampton11.5 mi away

2%197

Gantt9.1 mi away

2%176

Columbia90.9 mi away

1%154

Anderson26.3 mi away

1%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%6,178

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

How far

How far Simpsonville commutes

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

47%

34%

11%

47%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Simpsonville is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Simpsonville are

8,343 jobs are based in Simpsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Simpsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Simpsonville

8,343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Simpsonville residents hold

11,260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+30%

Jobs based in Simpsonville, 2013 → 2023: 6,400 → 8,343. 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.