Work & commute · Swansea

Work & commute in Swansea, SC

Most working residents leave Swansea for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (18%), Cayce (7%) and West Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 264 Swansea residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swansea.

264live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swansea goes to work

Columbia23.9 mi away

18%50

Cayce15 mi away

7%18

West Columbia17.3 mi away

3%9

Swansea (in town)right here

3%8

Lexington18.7 mi away

3%8

Woodfield24.2 mi away

3%7

Gaston5.4 mi away

2%6

North Charleston82.6 mi away

2%5

Dentsville24.7 mi away

2%5

Rock Hill82.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%152

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

How far

How far Swansea commutes

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

14%

53%

12%

21%

14%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swansea is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Swansea are

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

Jobs based in Swansea

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Swansea residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−19%

Jobs based in Swansea, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 355. 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.