Work & commute · Walhalla

Work & commute in Walhalla, SC

Most working residents leave Walhalla for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (6%), Seneca (5%) and Clemson (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

157 of 1,448 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,291 Walhalla residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 2,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walhalla.

1,291live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

2,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walhalla goes to work

Walhalla (in town)right here

11%157

Greenville39.6 mi away

6%92

Seneca8 mi away

5%68

Clemson15.1 mi away

4%51

Keowee Key8.9 mi away

2%31

Anderson29 mi away

2%30

Columbia132.9 mi away

2%27

West Union1.1 mi away

2%24

North Charleston214 mi away

1%15

Mauldin42.6 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%939

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

How far

How far Walhalla commutes

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

48%

12%

22%

18%

48%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walhalla is a job hub

1.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Walhalla are

2,819 jobs are based in Walhalla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walhalla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walhalla

2,819 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Walhalla residents hold

1,448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−14%

Jobs based in Walhalla, 2013 → 2023: 3,276 → 2,819. 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.