Work & commute · Sanford

Work & commute in Sanford, AL

Most working residents leave Sanford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Andalusia (39%), Opp (9%) and Dothan (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 88 Sanford residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanford.

88live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanford goes to work

Andalusia4.5 mi away

39%35

Opp8.6 mi away

9%8

Dothan59 mi away

3%3

Red Level14.1 mi away

2%2

Kinston14.8 mi away

2%2

Mobile110.1 mi away

2%2

Montgomery72.8 mi away

2%2

Libertyville5.3 mi away

1%1

Heath5 mi away

1%1

Wedowee148.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%32

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

How far

How far Sanford commutes

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

69%

18%

69%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanford are

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

Jobs based in Sanford

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sanford residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+17%

Jobs based in Sanford, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 121. 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.