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Jobs & commute in Ware Place

Most of Ware Place commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Ware Place report 1 jobs for 116 working residents. Hardly any work in Ware Place itself; outside it, Greenville draws the most (16%, 15 miles). 0% of workers work from home (South Carolina 12%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Ware Place

On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

116live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday2
120live here− 120head out to work+ 1come in to work= 2on a workday

About 2 people are in Ware Place on a workday afternoon, 98% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The towns that employ Ware Place’s residents

Simpsonville: 4 residents work here (3%)Mauldin: 3 residents work here (3%)Easley: 3 residents work here (3%)Anderson: 7 residents work here (6%)Greer: 5 residents work here (4%)Spartanburg: 3 residents work here (3%)Greenville: 19 residents work here (16%)Columbia: 2 residents work here (2%)Ware PlaceFive Forks: 2 residents work here (2%)Gantt: 5 residents work here (4%)GreenvilleAndersonGreerGanttSimpsonvilleMauldinWare Place
1
Greenville14.7 mi away
16%19
2
Anderson16.4 mi away
6%7
3
Greer23 mi away
4%5
4
Gantt11 mi away
4%5
5
Simpsonville10.2 mi away
3%4
6
Mauldin11.7 mi away
3%3
7
Easley17.6 mi away
3%3
8
Spartanburg34.2 mi away
3%3
9
Columbia93.9 mi away
2%2
10
Five Forks15.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%63
The top trips

Where Ware Place clocks in

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.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Ware Place

Jobs based in Ware PlaceJobs Ware Place residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%29%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%36%
Over $3,333 a month0%46%

Who does it

29 or younger0%22%
30 to 540%56%
55 and older100%22%
−91%

Jobs based in Ware Place, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 1. 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 Ware Place’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Ware Place’s commute takes about 32 minutes

A year of commuting
248 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ware Place32 min
South Carolina26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Ware Place gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 59 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

How far it is to work from Ware Place

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGreenville: 16% · 14.7 miAnderson: 6% · 16.4 miGreer: 4% · 23 miGantt: 4% · 11 miSimpsonville: 3% · 10.2 miMauldin: 3% · 11.7 miEasley: 3% · 17.6 miSpartanburg: 3% · 34.2 miColumbia: 2% · 93.9 miFive Forks: 2% · 15.8 miGreenville 16%Anderson 6%Greer 4%Gantt 4%Simpsonville 3%Ware Place
Ware PlaceTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi22 residents
61%10–24 mi69 residents
9%25–50 mi10 residents
11%Over 50 mi12 residents

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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Ware Place: questions

What is the poverty rate in Ware Place?

7.7%, against 14.1% across South Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Ware Place?

32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across South Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Ware Place work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (16%, 15 mi), Anderson (6%, 16 mi), Greer (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Ware Place 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 Ware Place, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Ware Place

Ware Place home →

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.