Photo: Bernardgeorgeh · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 1.9 jobs in Seven Oaks for every working resident, and 11,797 people commute in
Only 6% stay in Seven Oaks for work; outside it, Columbia is the main destination (29%, 14 miles). There are 12,188 jobs in Seven Oaks, against 6,389 working residents. The two grades for Seven Oaks are C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Seven Oaks apart
Seven Oaks draws workers from far and wide
The 12,188 jobs in Seven Oaks are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 20%; the other 77% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Seven Oaks works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Seven Oaks: Columbia (29%), Irmo (3%) and West Columbia (3%). Next door ↓
Seven Oaks is where the jobs are
Seven Oaks has 12,188 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Seven Oaks are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across South Carolina. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Seven Oaks residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
What’s behind Seven Oaks’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Seven Oaks is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #72 of 168 in South Carolina. Job access by car holds Seven Oaks’ grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seven Oaks could be anywhere from C to B+.
The towns that send workers to Seven Oaks
Where Seven Oaks clocks in
29% of workers
4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Seven Oaks
On a workday 5,998 residents head out to work and 391 work right here.
About 22,000 people are in Seven Oaks on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
1.9 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.
The daily trip from Seven Oaks: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seven Oaks workers work from home, vs 12% across South Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,486 commuters (the 12% 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 Seven Oaks, by distance
About 17% 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 Seven Oaks’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seven Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 9,183 → 12,188. 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 Seven Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Seven Oaks walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seven Oaks is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #65 of 169 in South Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.4% across South Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,347 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.4% of Seven Oaks households have no vehicle (South Carolina 5.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Seven Oaks’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000, Seven Oaks ranks 1,475th of 2,109 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 49 | Tega Cay SC | 14,457 | $142K | 1.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 166 | Five Forks SC | 18,656 | $142K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 217 | James Island SC | 12,660 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,473 | Boulder City NV | 14,884 | $75K | 11.4% | 7.6% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,474 | Greensburg PA | 14,462 | $65K | 14.4% | 5.0% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,475 | Seven Oaks SC | 15,921 | $63K | 12.2% | 6.2% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,476 | East Highland Park VA | 15,265 | $65K | 12.8% | 6.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,477 | Webster TX | 12,507 | $61K | 13.7% | 6.5% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Seven Oaks, the top three, the last and three more from South Carolina.
Next door is work for 37% of Seven Oaks
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Oaks | – | C+ | B | 20 min | $62,955 |
| Columbia | 29% | C− | A+ | 18 min | $55,529 |
| Irmo | 3% | B− | B | 24 min | $80,489 |
| St. Andrews | 2% | C− | A− | 22 min | $46,511 |
| West Columbia | 3% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $56,912 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Columbia. Darker towns draw more of Seven Oaks’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Seven Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Oaks?
$62,955 (±$5,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,324 across South Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Oaks?
12.2%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seven Oaks?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seven Oaks work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (29%, 14 mi), Lexington (4%, 6 mi), West Columbia (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seven Oaks walkable?
Seven Oaks is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seven Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seven Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Oaks
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.