Work & commute · Williston

Work & commute in Williston, SC

Most working residents leave Williston for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Aiken (11%), Barnwell (5%) and Columbia (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

124 of 1,236 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 1,112 Williston residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williston.

1,112live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williston goes to work

Aiken19.6 mi away

11%136

Williston (in town)right here

10%124

Barnwell11.5 mi away

5%60

Columbia53.4 mi away

4%54

Elko2.8 mi away

2%30

North Charleston85.3 mi away

2%28

Blackville8.2 mi away

1%16

Snelling11.7 mi away

1%14

Orangeburg32.6 mi away

1%14

Charleston92.7 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%747

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

How far

How far Williston commutes

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

19%

36%

19%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williston is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williston are

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

Jobs based in Williston

662 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Williston residents hold

1,236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−21%

Jobs based in Williston, 2013 → 2023: 834 → 662. 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.