Work & commute · Westminster

Work & commute in Westminster, SC

Most working residents leave Westminster for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Walhalla (5%), Greenville (5%) and Clemson (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 883 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 858 Westminster residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westminster.

858live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westminster goes to work

Walhalla7.4 mi away

5%47

Greenville43 mi away

5%47

Clemson16 mi away

5%40

Seneca7.2 mi away

5%40

Anderson27.3 mi away

3%28

Westminster (in town)right here

3%25

Mauldin45.3 mi away

1%13

Columbia132.3 mi away

1%13

Spartanburg68.8 mi away

1%10

Lavonia, GA16.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%611

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

How far

How far Westminster commutes

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

40%

17%

21%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westminster is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westminster are

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

Jobs based in Westminster

360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Westminster residents hold

883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+2%

Jobs based in Westminster, 2013 → 2023: 352 → 360. 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.