Photo: Evanoco · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Greeleyville
A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, next to 26 for South Carolina and 26 for the U.S. Only 3% work in Greeleyville itself; outside it, Kingstree draws the most (10%, 11 miles). There are 108 jobs in Greeleyville, and 163 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Greeleyville by day
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Greeleyville on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.66 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Greeleyville’s residents
Where Greeleyville clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Greeleyville: what the 108 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greeleyville, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 108. 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 Greeleyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Greeleyville: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greeleyville workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 118 commuters (the 13% 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.
Miles to work from Greeleyville
About 32% 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 Greeleyville: questions
What is the median household income in Greeleyville?
$47,604 (±$22,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greeleyville?
21.3%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greeleyville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greeleyville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingstree (10%, 11 mi), North Charleston (9%, 46 mi), Sumter (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greeleyville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greeleyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greeleyville
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.