Work & commute · Sandy Hook

Work & commute in Sandy Hook, KY

Most working residents leave Sandy Hook for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Morehead (10%), West Liberty (6%) and Olive Hill (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

25 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 137 Sandy Hook residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandy Hook.

137live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandy Hook goes to work

Sandy Hook (in town)right here

15%25

Morehead19 mi away

10%17

West Liberty14.5 mi away

6%9

Olive Hill14.9 mi away

3%5

Lexington-Fayette urban county72.8 mi away

2%3

Louisa27.6 mi away

1%2

Pikeville53.5 mi away

1%2

Maysville52.9 mi away

1%2

Elizabethtown152.7 mi away

1%2

Ironton, OH38.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%93

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

How far

How far Sandy Hook commutes

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

33%

31%

13%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandy Hook is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandy Hook are

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

Jobs based in Sandy Hook

398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sandy Hook residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Sandy Hook, 2013 → 2023: 466 → 398. 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.