Work & commute · Summerton

Work & commute in Summerton, SC

Most working residents leave Summerton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sumter (8%), Manning (7%) and North Charleston (6%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 287 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 277 Summerton residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summerton.

277live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summerton goes to work

Sumter23.5 mi away

8%22

Manning10 mi away

7%21

North Charleston50.1 mi away

6%17

Florence51.2 mi away

5%13

Charleston57.8 mi away

4%12

Summerton (in town)right here

3%10

Columbia43.6 mi away

3%8

Santee11.1 mi away

2%6

Myrtle Beach84.7 mi away

1%4

Mount Pleasant61.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%171

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

How far

How far Summerton commutes

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

20%

22%

20%

38%

20%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summerton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Summerton are

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

Jobs based in Summerton

216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Summerton residents hold

287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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Jobs based in Summerton, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 216. 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.