Work & commute · Wellford

Work & commute in Wellford, SC

Most working residents leave Wellford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (10%), Spartanburg (8%) and Greer (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,714 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,697 Wellford residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 862 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellford.

1,697live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

862work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellford goes to work

Greenville16.5 mi away

10%179

Spartanburg10.3 mi away

8%130

Greer7 mi away

5%83

Duncan2.5 mi away

3%48

Mauldin16.2 mi away

2%35

Southern Shops6.9 mi away

2%35

Columbia93.3 mi away

2%33

Lyman2 mi away

2%27

Wade Hampton13.5 mi away

2%27

Wellford (in town)right here

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%1,100

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

How far

How far Wellford commutes

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

45%

35%

15%

45%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellford is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellford are

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

Jobs based in Wellford

879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Wellford residents hold

1,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−34%

Jobs based in Wellford, 2013 → 2023: 1,323 → 879. 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.