Work & commute · Whitmire

Work & commute in Whitmire, SC

Most working residents leave Whitmire for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Newberry (10%), Columbia (6%) and Clinton (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 572 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 558 Whitmire residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitmire.

558live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitmire goes to work

Newberry15.5 mi away

10%58

Columbia51.9 mi away

6%36

Clinton14.2 mi away

4%22

Whitmire (in town)right here

2%14

Spartanburg35.3 mi away

2%13

Laurens23.2 mi away

2%12

Greenwood37.4 mi away

2%11

Greenville48.4 mi away

2%10

Union15.2 mi away

1%7

Cayce50.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%383

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

How far

How far Whitmire commutes

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

40%

34%

20%

6%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitmire is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitmire are

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

Jobs based in Whitmire

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Whitmire residents hold

572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+47%

Jobs based in Whitmire, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 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.