Work & commute · Winnsboro

Work & commute in Winnsboro, SC

Most working residents leave Winnsboro for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (11%), Winnsboro Mills (2%) and Greenville (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

162 of 1,451 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,289 Winnsboro residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 1,075 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winnsboro.

1,289live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

1,075work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winnsboro goes to work

Columbia25.4 mi away

11%164

Winnsboro (in town)right here

11%162

Winnsboro Mills1.8 mi away

2%31

Greenville79 mi away

2%22

Charlotte, NC59.8 mi away

1%19

Woodfield23.5 mi away

1%18

Rock Hill39.3 mi away

1%17

Lugoff24.7 mi away

1%17

Blythewood12.5 mi away

1%16

Seven Oaks22.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%970

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

How far

How far Winnsboro commutes

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

27%

24%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winnsboro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winnsboro are

1,237 jobs are based in Winnsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winnsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winnsboro

1,237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Winnsboro residents hold

1,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−6%

Jobs based in Winnsboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,309 → 1,237. 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.