Work & commute · Whitney

Work & commute in Whitney, SC

Most working residents leave Whitney for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Spartanburg (19%), Greenville (6%) and Southern Shops (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 1,798 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,769 Whitney residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 1,301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitney.

1,769live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

1,301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitney goes to work

Spartanburg2.6 mi away

19%338

Greenville26.9 mi away

6%102

Southern Shops3.9 mi away

3%48

Drayton1.2 mi away

2%36

Valley Falls3.1 mi away

2%36

Greer17.7 mi away

2%35

Boiling Springs5.3 mi away

2%30

Columbia87.5 mi away

2%29

Whitney (in town)right here

2%29

Hilltop2.1 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,089

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

How far

How far Whitney commutes

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

53%

23%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitney is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitney are

1,330 jobs are based in Whitney. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitney’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitney

1,330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Whitney residents hold

1,798 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+63%

Jobs based in Whitney, 2013 → 2023: 815 → 1,330. 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.