For the purposes of determining commuter patterns within the Catawba Commuter Shed, two factors were explored: where individuals living in the three Catawba Regional Economic Development District counties that are part of the commuter shed work, and, conversely, where individuals working within the three district counties that are a part of the commuter shed live.

For those individuals living or working within the counties of York, Chester, and Lancaster in 2021, there were 84,961 individuals who both worked and lived within those SC counties, 98,606 who lived in York, Chester, or Lancaster County and commuted out for their primary job, and 57, 548 who lived outside these counties yet commuted in for their primary job.

The figures below shows what counties are commuting into the Commute Shed and those commuting out.