Work & commute · Welcome

Work & commute in Welcome, SC

Most working residents leave Welcome for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (25%), Mauldin (5%) and Powdersville (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 2,629 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,594 Welcome residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 890 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Welcome.

2,594live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

890work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Welcome goes to work

Greenville6.4 mi away

25%656

Mauldin9.7 mi away

5%132

Powdersville2.8 mi away

2%62

Gantt4.5 mi away

2%61

Greer16 mi away

2%58

Wade Hampton9.2 mi away

2%54

Spartanburg32.2 mi away

2%46

Columbia104.4 mi away

2%46

Travelers Rest10.2 mi away

2%42

Easley6.5 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,432

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

How far

How far Welcome commutes

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

56%

22%

15%

56%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Welcome is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Welcome are

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

Jobs based in Welcome

925 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Welcome residents hold

2,629 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−11%

Jobs based in Welcome, 2013 → 2023: 1,044 → 925. 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.