Work & commute · Walterboro

Work & commute in Walterboro, SC

About one in 4 of Walterboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Charleston (10%), Charleston (7%) and Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

567 of 2,207 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,640 Walterboro residents head out of town to work, 567 work right here, and 4,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walterboro.

1,640live here, work elsewhere

567live and work here

4,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walterboro goes to work

Walterboro (in town)right here

26%567

North Charleston35.5 mi away

10%218

Charleston41.2 mi away

7%146

Columbia79.7 mi away

3%56

Summerville29.8 mi away

2%47

Mount Pleasant47.6 mi away

2%36

Beaufort30.7 mi away

1%24

Orangeburg42.4 mi away

1%21

Greenville165.1 mi away

1%18

Bluffton49.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,057

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

How far

How far Walterboro commutes

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

36%

37%

22%

36%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walterboro is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walterboro are

5,012 jobs are based in Walterboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walterboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walterboro

5,012 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Walterboro residents hold

2,207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+4%

Jobs based in Walterboro, 2013 → 2023: 4,797 → 5,012. 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.