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Work & commute · Woodruff

Work & commute in Woodruff, SC

Most working residents leave Woodruff for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (10%), Spartanburg (8%) and Mauldin (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
110 of 2,026 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,916 Woodruff residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 1,004 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodruff.

1,916live here, work elsewhere
110live and work here
1,004work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Woodruff goes to work

DuncanWoodruffFountain InnLaurensSimpsonvilleMauldinGreerSpartanburgGreenvilleColumbiaEnoreeSans SouciSouthern ShopsGreenvilleSpartanburgMauldinGreerColumbiaSimpsonvilleDuncanFountain InnSouthern ShopsWoodruff
1
Greenville19.5 mi away
10%198
2
Spartanburg15.2 mi away
8%164
3
Woodruff (in town)right here
5%110
4
Mauldin15.4 mi away
3%64
5
Greer16.9 mi away
3%58
6
Columbia81.2 mi away
1%29
7
Simpsonville12.5 mi away
1%26
8
Duncan14.2 mi away
1%20
9
Fountain Inn9.9 mi away
1%20
10
Southern Shops16.6 mi away
1%20
Everywhere elseother towns and states
65%1,317

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

How far

How far Woodruff commutes

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

14%Under 10 mi
64%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Woodruff is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodruff are

1,114 jobs are based in Woodruff. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodruff’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodruff

1,114 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Woodruff residents hold

2,026 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+5%

Jobs based in Woodruff, 2013 → 2023: 1,066 → 1,114. 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.

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