Work & commute · Wade Hampton

Work & commute in Wade Hampton, SC

Most working residents leave Wade Hampton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (33%), Mauldin (3%) and Greer (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

480 of 8,924 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 8,444 Wade Hampton residents head out of town to work, 480 work right here, and 10,303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wade Hampton.

8,444live here, work elsewhere

480live and work here

10,303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wade Hampton goes to work

Greenville3.6 mi away

33%2,917

Wade Hampton (in town)right here

5%480

Mauldin7.2 mi away

3%304

Greer6.7 mi away

3%268

Spartanburg23.4 mi away

2%160

Columbia100.3 mi away

2%140

Gantt8 mi away

1%132

Travelers Rest8.3 mi away

1%126

Simpsonville11.5 mi away

1%115

Taylors2.4 mi away

1%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%4,170

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

How far

How far Wade Hampton commutes

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

68%

15%

12%

68%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wade Hampton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wade Hampton are

10,783 jobs are based in Wade Hampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wade Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wade Hampton

10,783 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Wade Hampton residents hold

8,924 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+5%

Jobs based in Wade Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 10,280 → 10,783. 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.