Work & commute · South Sumter

Work & commute in South Sumter, SC

Most working residents leave South Sumter for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sumter (24%), Columbia (8%) and Florence (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 716 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 707 South Sumter residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Sumter.

707live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Sumter goes to work

Sumter5.1 mi away

24%173

Columbia33.9 mi away

8%58

Florence37.2 mi away

2%11

Manning15 mi away

1%10

Dentsville37.7 mi away

1%10

South Sumter (in town)right here

1%9

Rock Hill82.4 mi away

1%7

Charleston76 mi away

1%7

Charlotte, NC95.7 mi away

1%6

Hartsville36.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%419

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

How far

How far South Sumter commutes

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

48%

28%

20%

48%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Sumter is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Sumter are

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

Jobs based in South Sumter

384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs South Sumter residents hold

716 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−67%

Jobs based in South Sumter, 2013 → 2023: 1,168 → 384. 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.