Work & commute · Yemassee

Work & commute in Yemassee, SC

Most working residents leave Yemassee for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Beaufort (8%), Charleston (4%) and Varnville (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 484 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 462 Yemassee residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yemassee.

462live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yemassee goes to work

Beaufort18.7 mi away

8%39

Yemassee (in town)right here

5%22

Charleston53.1 mi away

4%18

Varnville16.1 mi away

4%17

North Charleston49.3 mi away

4%17

Walterboro18.1 mi away

3%15

Hampton18.1 mi away

3%14

Bluffton33.4 mi away

3%14

Columbia92.8 mi away

3%13

Burton20.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%304

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

How far

How far Yemassee commutes

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

13%

32%

15%

39%

13%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yemassee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yemassee are

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

Jobs based in Yemassee

450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Yemassee residents hold

484 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+4%

Jobs based in Yemassee, 2013 → 2023: 432 → 450. 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.