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Jobs & commute in Gillisonville

Where Gillisonville earns its living

No jobs are based in Gillisonville in the Census job records; 88 of its residents work elsewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where South Carolina as a whole has 12%. Hardly any stay in Gillisonville for work; outside it, Ridgeland is the main destination (17%, 11 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
6.1%
South Carolina 14.1%
Unemployment
0.0%
South Carolina 4.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 88 working residents
Work from home
0%
South Carolina 12% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Gillisonville

On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

88live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night380
Workday290
380live here− 88head out to work+ 0come in to work= 290on a workday

About 290 people are in Gillisonville on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Gillisonville: the destinations

Rincon: 1 residents work here (1%)Pooler: 1 residents work here (1%)Savannah: 5 residents work here (6%)Beaufort: 4 residents work here (5%)Hilton Head Island: 11 residents work here (13%)Ridgeland: 15 residents work here (17%)Hardeeville: 5 residents work here (6%)Charleston: 2 residents work here (2%)Bluffton: 4 residents work here (5%)Columbia: 2 residents work here (2%)GillisonvilleRidgelandHilton Head IslandSavannahHardeevilleBeaufortBlufftonGillisonville
1
Ridgeland10.9 mi away
17%15
2
Hilton Head Island32.9 mi away
13%11
3
Savannah, GA42.9 mi away
6%5
4
Hardeeville22.8 mi away
6%5
5
Beaufort19.3 mi away
5%4
6
Bluffton27.6 mi away
5%4
7
Charleston61.6 mi away
2%2
8
Columbia98.9 mi away
2%2
9
Rincon, GA25.8 mi away
1%1
10
Pooler, GA38 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%38
The top trips

Where Gillisonville clocks in

17% of workers
10.9 mi awayRidgeland15 Gillisonville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
13% of workers
32.9 mi awayHilton Head Island11 Gillisonville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6%Savannah
6% of workers
42.9 mi awaySavannah, GA5 Gillisonville residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Gillisonville

Working from home
0%

of Gillisonville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Gillisonville gets to work
73%Drive alone
27%Carpool

Share of the 146 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

The distance from Gillisonville to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRidgeland: 17% · 10.9 miHilton Head Island: 13% · 32.9 miSavannah: 6% · 42.9 miHardeeville: 6% · 22.8 miBeaufort: 5% · 19.3 miBluffton: 5% · 27.6 miCharleston: 2% · 61.6 miColumbia: 2% · 98.9 miRincon: 1% · 25.8 miPooler: 1% · 38 miRidgeland 17%Hilton Head Island 13%Savannah 6%Hardeeville 6%Beaufort 5%Gillisonville
GillisonvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi22 residents
29%10–24 mi25 residents
27%25–50 mi23 residents
19%Over 50 mi16 residents

About 19% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Gillisonville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Gillisonville?

6.1%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Gillisonville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ridgeland (17%, 11 mi), Hilton Head Island (13%, 33 mi), Savannah (6%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Gillisonville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Gillisonville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Gillisonville

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.