Work & commute · Tega Cay

Work & commute in Tega Cay, SC

Most working residents leave Tega Cay for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (33%), Fort Mill (11%) and Rock Hill (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

218 of 5,685 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,467 Tega Cay residents head out of town to work, 218 work right here, and 1,731 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tega Cay.

5,467live here, work elsewhere

218live and work here

1,731work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tega Cay goes to work

Charlotte, NC15.5 mi away

33%1,858

Fort Mill4.6 mi away

11%599

Rock Hill7.1 mi away

8%452

Tega Cay (in town)right here

4%218

Columbia69.3 mi away

2%129

Greenville77.9 mi away

1%82

Gastonia, NC17.6 mi away

1%59

Pineville, NC7.9 mi away

1%54

Baxter Village2 mi away

1%51

North Charleston156.3 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,141

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

How far

How far Tega Cay commutes

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

38%

39%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tega Cay is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tega Cay are

1,949 jobs are based in Tega Cay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tega Cay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tega Cay

1,949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Tega Cay residents hold

5,685 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+151%

Jobs based in Tega Cay, 2013 → 2023: 775 → 1,949. 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.