Photo: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY 2.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Chesnee
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for South Carolina and 26 for the U.S. Only 5% work in Chesnee; the top destination outside it is Spartanburg (14%, 14 miles). 5% of workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chesnee, in a few figures
The daily flow of workers through Chesnee
On a workday 369 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Chesnee on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Chesnee, and from where
Where Chesnee clocks in
14% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Chesnee’s 585 jobs
585 jobs are based in Chesnee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chesnee, 2013 → 2023: 550 → 585. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chesnee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Chesnee, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chesnee workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 410 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across South Carolina: 86% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Chesnee, by distance
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Chesnee: questions
What is the median household income in Chesnee?
$37,708 (±$10,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chesnee?
32.4%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chesnee?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chesnee work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spartanburg (14%, 14 mi), Southern Shops (3%, 14 mi), Greenville (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chesnee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chesnee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chesnee
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.