Mountain Shoals Plantation · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Enoree has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 27% of workers, against 12% across South Carolina. There are 56 jobs in Enoree, and 274 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Enoree for work; outside it, Spartanburg is the main destination (7%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Enoree apart
Enoree is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Enoree, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Enoree has about 150 people in it, 59% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Enoree workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Enoree works from home
27% of Enoree workers work from home, against 12% across South Carolina. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 274 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Enoree, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 273 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Enoree on a workday afternoon, 59% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 39 minutes each way for Enoree’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enoree workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 102 commuters (the 27% 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.
Out of Enoree to work: where people go
Where Enoree clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 59% of the jobs in Enoree
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enoree, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 56. 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 Enoree’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Enoree
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 Enoree: questions
What is the poverty rate in Enoree?
19.5%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enoree?
39 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enoree work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spartanburg (7%, 20 mi), Greenville (7%, 26 mi), Woodruff (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Enoree without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enoree, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enoree
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.