Work & commute · Sandoval

Work & commute in Sandoval, IL

Most working residents leave Sandoval for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Centralia (17%), Salem (12%) and Mount Vernon (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 431 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 419 Sandoval residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandoval.

419live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandoval goes to work

Centralia6.2 mi away

17%74

Salem8.7 mi away

12%50

Mount Vernon23.3 mi away

5%23

Centralia7.1 mi away

3%14

Sandoval (in town)right here

3%12

Sandoval0.6 mi away

3%12

Carlyle13.8 mi away

2%10

Cahokia Heights56 mi away

2%9

St. Louis, MO60.7 mi away

2%8

Brookside7.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%211

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

How far

How far Sandoval commutes

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

42%

16%

13%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandoval 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 Sandoval are

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

Jobs based in Sandoval

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Sandoval residents hold

431 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+68%

Jobs based in Sandoval, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 210. 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.