Work & commute · Sullivan's Island

Work & commute in Sullivan's Island, SC

Most working residents leave Sullivan's Island for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (29%), North Charleston (15%) and Mount Pleasant (14%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 611 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 557 Sullivan's Island residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sullivan's Island.

557live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sullivan's Island goes to work

Charleston9.1 mi away

29%176

North Charleston16.9 mi away

15%91

Mount Pleasant3.1 mi away

14%86

Sullivan's Island (in town)right here

9%54

Columbia107.1 mi away

2%14

Isle of Palms5.1 mi away

2%10

Greenville203.7 mi away

1%6

Goose Creek18.6 mi away

1%5

Charlotte, NC177.9 mi away

1%4

James Island6.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%161

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

How far

How far Sullivan's Island commutes

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

50%

26%

21%

50%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sullivan's Island is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sullivan's Island are

746 jobs are based in Sullivan's Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sullivan's Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sullivan's Island

746 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Sullivan's Island residents hold

611 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+52%

Jobs based in Sullivan's Island, 2013 → 2023: 490 → 746. 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.