Work & commute · Sand

Work & commute in Sand, CA

Most working residents leave Sand for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Monterey (31%), Seaside (12%) and Salinas (8%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 133 Sand residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 1,338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand.

133live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

1,338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sand goes to work

Monterey2.4 mi away

31%42

Seaside1.6 mi away

12%16

Salinas12.8 mi away

8%11

Del Monte Forest5.7 mi away

7%10

Sand City (in town)right here

3%4

Del Rey Oaks2.5 mi away

3%4

Marina5.2 mi away

3%4

Carmel-by-the-Sea6.3 mi away

2%3

Pacific Grove4.4 mi away

2%3

San Jose46.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%37

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

How far

How far Sand commutes

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

66%

15%

16%

66%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sand is a job hub

9.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

9.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand are

1,342 jobs are based in Sand. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sand’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sand

1,342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sand residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+9%

Jobs based in Sand, 2013 → 2023: 1,235 → 1,342. 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.