North Charleston

City Commute Profile

North Charleston, SC

Where North Charleston’s 50,347 resident workers go each day — 33.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Charleston.

South CarolinaLODES 2023 data
59
Commute Score

59 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

North Charleston at a glance
Employed Residents
50,347
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
33.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Charleston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for North Charleston proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How North Charleston commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

North Charleston

50,347 commutes, one dot at a time

North Charleston

Where 50,347 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in North Charleston, by worker count.

1North Charleston0.0 mi17,073
2Charleston7.3 mi11,201
3Mount Pleasant12.2 mi3,327
4Summerville11.9 mi1,768
5Goose Creek7.6 mi1,032
6Columbia95.7 mi978
7Greenville190.4 mi536
8Hanahan2.7 mi524

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into North Charleston.

1North Charleston0.0 mi17,073
2Charleston7.3 mi12,500
3Summerville11.9 mi6,178
4Goose Creek7.6 mi5,935
5Mount Pleasant12.2 mi5,904
6Hanahan2.7 mi2,856
7Ladson9.3 mi2,055
8Moncks Corner18.7 mi1,442

Top industries

The sectors that employ North Charleston’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services13.6%
MFManufacturing13.2%
RTRetail Trade10.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.2%
COConstruction6.4%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.7%
WSWholesale Trade4.5%

North Charleston city profile

Who lives in North Charleston — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
119,913
Median age
34.6yrs
Median household income
$62,956
Median home value
$302,200
Median gross rent
$1,430/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.6%
Poverty rate
14.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for North Charleston

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps98%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in North Charleston

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