Work & commute · Varnville

Work & commute in Varnville, SC

Most working residents leave Varnville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hampton (10%), Columbia (5%) and Beaufort (4%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 624 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 572 Varnville residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 834 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Varnville.

572live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

834work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Varnville goes to work

Hampton2 mi away

10%61

Varnville (in town)right here

8%52

Columbia82.8 mi away

5%34

Beaufort34.3 mi away

4%24

North Charleston59.1 mi away

4%24

Walterboro23.7 mi away

3%19

Charleston64.3 mi away

3%16

Yemassee16.1 mi away

2%13

Ridgeland28 mi away

2%13

Bluffton44.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%359

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

How far

How far Varnville commutes

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

23%

16%

22%

39%

23%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Varnville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Varnville are

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

Jobs based in Varnville

886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Varnville residents hold

624 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+2%

Jobs based in Varnville, 2013 → 2023: 868 → 886. 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.