Work & commute · York

Work & commute in York, SC

Most working residents leave York for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Hill (18%), Charlotte (15%) and Columbia (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

366 of 3,690 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 3,324 York residents head out of town to work, 366 work right here, and 3,204 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in York.

3,324live here, work elsewhere

366live and work here

3,204work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where York goes to work

Rock Hill12.7 mi away

18%652

Charlotte, NC27 mi away

15%548

York (in town)right here

10%366

Columbia68.8 mi away

3%101

Fort Mill16.6 mi away

3%94

Clover8 mi away

3%93

Gastonia, NC17.8 mi away

2%59

Greenville65 mi away

1%40

North Charleston158.5 mi away

1%34

Pineville, NC20.6 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,674

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

How far

How far York commutes

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

26%

34%

21%

19%

26%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

York is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in York are

3,570 jobs are based in York. Here is what they are, next to the jobs York’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in York

3,570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs York residents hold

3,690 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−31%

Jobs based in York, 2013 → 2023: 5,141 → 3,570. 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.