Work & commute · Snelling

Work & commute in Snelling, SC

Most working residents leave Snelling for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Barnwell (14%), Aiken (4%) and Columbia (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 107 Snelling residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Snelling.

107live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Snelling goes to work

Barnwell5.8 mi away

14%16

Snelling (in town)right here

4%4

Aiken25.3 mi away

4%4

Columbia64.4 mi away

4%4

Allendale18.2 mi away

3%3

North Charleston84 mi away

3%3

Walterboro51.2 mi away

2%2

Blackville12.5 mi away

2%2

Lexington54.1 mi away

2%2

North Myrtle Beach163.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%69

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

How far

How far Snelling commutes

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

28%

25%

15%

32%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Snelling is a job hub

2.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Snelling are

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

Jobs based in Snelling

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Snelling residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+19%

Jobs based in Snelling, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 268. 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.