Work & commute · Tatum

Work & commute in Tatum, SC

Most working residents leave Tatum for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bennettsville (19%), Cheraw (7%) and St. Pauls (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 27 Tatum residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tatum.

27live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tatum goes to work

Bennettsville5.7 mi away

19%5

Cheraw19 mi away

7%2

St. Pauls, NC36.5 mi away

4%1

Laurinburg, NC10.3 mi away

4%1

Durham, NC100 mi away

4%1

Quinby30 mi away

4%1

Simpsonville151.8 mi away

4%1

West Columbia97.5 mi away

4%1

Moncks Corner102.2 mi away

4%1

Camden64 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%12

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

How far

How far Tatum commutes

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

39%

13%

35%

39%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tatum is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tatum are

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

Jobs based in Tatum

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Tatum residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−95%

Jobs based in Tatum, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 5. 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.