Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Gilbert
A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes, where South Carolina has 26 and the U.S. 26. Only 2% work in Gilbert; the top destination outside it is Columbia (14%, 29 miles). Employers in Gilbert report 297 jobs for 229 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Gilbert stands out on work
Gilbert’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Gilbert is Columbia, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (32) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Gilbert workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across South Carolina. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 229 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Gilbert’s workers travel
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.
About 32 minutes to work from Gilbert
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilbert workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 312 commuters (the 7% 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.
In and out of Gilbert on a workday
On a workday 224 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Gilbert on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Gilbert: the destinations
Where Gilbert clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Gilbert
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilbert, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 297. 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 Gilbert’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Gilbert: questions
What is the median household income in Gilbert?
$78,250 (±$12,344) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilbert?
3.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilbert?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gilbert work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (14%, 29 mi), Lexington (9%, 11 mi), Cayce (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gilbert 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 Gilbert, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilbert
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.