Work & commute · Socastee

Work & commute in Socastee, SC

Most working residents leave Socastee for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Myrtle Beach (26%), Conway (9%) and North Myrtle Beach (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

511 of 9,154 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 8,643 Socastee residents head out of town to work, 511 work right here, and 3,140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Socastee.

8,643live here, work elsewhere

511live and work here

3,140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Socastee goes to work

Myrtle Beach7.2 mi away

26%2,396

Conway10.4 mi away

9%802

Socastee (in town)right here

6%511

North Myrtle Beach19.6 mi away

3%314

Murrells Inlet9.4 mi away

3%291

Carolina Forest7.7 mi away

3%260

Surfside Beach5.7 mi away

3%235

Garden City6.6 mi away

2%185

Columbia111.1 mi away

2%141

Litchfield Beach15.9 mi away

1%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,884

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

How far

How far Socastee commutes

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

56%

21%

20%

56%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Socastee is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Socastee are

3,651 jobs are based in Socastee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Socastee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Socastee

3,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Socastee residents hold

9,154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−28%

Jobs based in Socastee, 2013 → 2023: 5,068 → 3,651. 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.