Work & commute · Sand Rock

Work & commute in Sand Rock, AL

Most working residents leave Sand Rock for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Payne (12%), Gadsden (11%) and Centre (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 233 Sand Rock residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Rock.

233live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sand Rock goes to work

Fort Payne16.3 mi away

12%29

Gadsden20.9 mi away

11%27

Centre7.8 mi away

10%25

Leesburg3.7 mi away

8%20

Birmingham76.4 mi away

5%12

Rome, GA33.5 mi away

5%11

Sand Rock (in town)right here

3%7

Jacksonville29.1 mi away

1%3

Boaz22 mi away

1%3

Rainbow City27.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%100

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Sand Rock commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

32%

11%

29%

28%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Rock is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Rock are

117 jobs are based in Sand Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sand Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sand Rock

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Sand Rock residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+58%

Jobs based in Sand Rock, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 117. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.