Work & commute · Sanford

Work & commute in Sanford, FL

Most working residents leave Sanford for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (13%), Lake Mary (7%) and Altamonte Springs (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

4,520 of 29,055 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,535 Sanford residents head out of town to work, 4,520 work right here, and 36,011 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanford.

24,535live here, work elsewhere

4,520live and work here

36,011work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanford goes to work

Sanford (in town)right here

16%4,520

Orlando22.1 mi away

13%3,888

Lake Mary3.5 mi away

7%1,974

Altamonte Springs11.5 mi away

3%855

Maitland12.5 mi away

2%711

Longwood7.5 mi away

2%566

Winter Park14 mi away

2%522

Jacksonville109.4 mi away

2%501

Tampa92.4 mi away

2%482

University14.6 mi away

2%447

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%14,589

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.

38%

33%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanford are

40,531 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

40,531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Sanford residents hold

29,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+14%

Jobs based in Sanford, 2013 → 2023: 35,513 → 40,531. 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.