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Work & commute · West Pelzer

Work & commute in West Pelzer, SC

Most working residents leave West Pelzer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (19%), Anderson (3%) and Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
5 of 474 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 469 West Pelzer residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Pelzer.

469live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
108work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where West Pelzer goes to work

ColumbiaWest PelzerPelzerDue WestNorrisCalhoun FallsBeltonWilliamstonClemsonSimpsonvilleMauldinEasleyAndersonGreenvilleColumbiaWade HamptonGanttPowdersvilleGreenvilleAndersonColumbiaWilliamstonEasleyMauldinWade HamptonPowdersvilleClemsonGanttWest Pelzer
1
Greenville14.7 mi away
19%92
2
Anderson12.8 mi away
3%16
3
Columbia99.2 mi away
3%16
4
Williamston1.8 mi away
3%15
5
Easley13.6 mi away
3%12
6
Mauldin13.5 mi away
2%11
7
Wade Hampton18.3 mi away
2%11
8
Powdersville9.4 mi away
2%11
9
Clemson19.3 mi away
1%7
10
Gantt10.4 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%276

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

How far

How far West Pelzer commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
60%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

West Pelzer is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Pelzer are

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

Jobs based in West Pelzer

113 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less35%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs West Pelzer residents hold

474 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+51%

Jobs based in West Pelzer, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 113. 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.

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