Work & commute · Spartanburg

Work & commute in Spartanburg, SC

About one in 4 of Spartanburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greenville (6%), Southern Shops (3%) and Greer (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

4,077 of 15,901 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 11,824 Spartanburg residents head out of town to work, 4,077 work right here, and 34,153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spartanburg.

11,824live here, work elsewhere

4,077live and work here

34,153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spartanburg goes to work

Spartanburg (in town)right here

26%4,077

Greenville25.9 mi away

6%892

Southern Shops4.5 mi away

3%405

Greer17.2 mi away

2%304

Valley Falls4.9 mi away

2%303

Columbia85.7 mi away

2%271

Drayton2.5 mi away

2%244

Hilltop2.8 mi away

1%200

Boiling Springs7.5 mi away

1%187

Fairforest5.2 mi away

1%185

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%8,833

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

How far

How far Spartanburg commutes

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

55%

19%

18%

55%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spartanburg is a job hub

2.40jobs 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 Spartanburg are

38,230 jobs are based in Spartanburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spartanburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spartanburg

38,230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Spartanburg residents hold

15,901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+48%

Jobs based in Spartanburg, 2013 → 2023: 25,785 → 38,230. 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.