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Work & commute · St. George

Work & commute in St. George, SC

Most working residents leave St. George for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are North Charleston (11%), Charleston (5%) and Summerville (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
107 of 729 working residents
Typical commute
29 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 622 St. George residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 2,110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. George.

622live here, work elsewhere
107live and work here
2,110work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. George goes to work

HarleyvilleHolly HillSt. GeorgeWalterboroOrangeburgSummervilleFlorenceGoose CreekNorth CharlestonMount PleasantCharlestonColumbiaLadsonNorth CharlestonCharlestonSummervilleWalterboroColumbiaHolly HillFlorenceMount PleasantOrangeburgSt. George
1
St. George (in town)right here
15%107
2
North Charleston35.1 mi away
11%81
3
Charleston43 mi away
5%40
4
Summerville26.4 mi away
4%30
5
Walterboro20.5 mi away
3%23
6
Columbia61.8 mi away
3%21
7
Holly Hill13.8 mi away
1%10
8
Florence82.2 mi away
1%10
9
Mount Pleasant49.1 mi away
1%10
10
Orangeburg26.9 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%389

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

How far

How far St. George commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
33%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. George is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. George are

2,217 jobs are based in St. George. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. George’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. George

2,217 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)88%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs St. George residents hold

729 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+6%

Jobs based in St. George, 2013 → 2023: 2,096 → 2,217. 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.

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