Work & commute · Smoaks

Work & commute in Smoaks, SC

Most working residents leave Smoaks for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Walterboro (14%), Ehrhardt (8%) and Columbia (8%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 35 Smoaks residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smoaks.

35live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smoaks goes to work

Walterboro15.3 mi away

14%5

Ehrhardt11.6 mi away

8%3

Columbia65.9 mi away

8%3

North Charleston45 mi away

6%2

Mount Pleasant58.5 mi away

6%2

Charleston52 mi away

6%2

Sandy Springs, GA212.9 mi away

3%1

Williams4.2 mi away

3%1

Smoaks (in town)right here

3%1

St. George15.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%15

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

How far

How far Smoaks commutes

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

31%

19%

42%

8%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smoaks is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Smoaks are

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

Jobs based in Smoaks

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month88%

Over $3,333 a month2%

Jobs Smoaks residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−34%

Jobs based in Smoaks, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 59. 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.