Work & commute · Watts Mills

Work & commute in Watts Mills, SC

Most working residents leave Watts Mills for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Laurens (9%), Greenville (6%) and Spartanburg (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 718 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 713 Watts Mills residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watts Mills.

713live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watts Mills goes to work

Laurens2.3 mi away

9%66

Greenville30.8 mi away

6%40

Spartanburg29.9 mi away

3%21

Columbia70.2 mi away

3%20

Fountain Inn17.5 mi away

2%16

Clinton7.7 mi away

2%15

Mauldin25.8 mi away

2%13

West Columbia62.3 mi away

1%9

Greenwood24.2 mi away

1%9

Simpsonville21.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%501

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

How far

How far Watts Mills commutes

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

21%

16%

38%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watts Mills is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Watts Mills are

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

Jobs based in Watts Mills

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Watts Mills residents hold

718 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−88%

Jobs based in Watts Mills, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 43. 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.