Work & commute · Startex

Work & commute in Startex, SC

Most working residents leave Startex for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (12%), Spartanburg (8%) and Greer (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 196 Startex residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Startex.

196live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Startex goes to work

Greenville16.8 mi away

12%23

Spartanburg9.4 mi away

8%16

Greer7.8 mi away

5%10

Duncan3 mi away

3%5

Southern Shops6.6 mi away

3%5

Drayton11.1 mi away

2%3

Winston-Salem, NC130.9 mi away

1%2

Greensboro, NC150.7 mi away

1%2

Simpsonville17 mi away

1%2

Newberry53.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%128

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

How far

How far Startex commutes

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

49%

32%

13%

49%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Startex is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Startex are

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

Jobs based in Startex

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Startex residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+110%

Jobs based in Startex, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 187. 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.