Work & commute · Sand Lake

Work & commute in Sand Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Sand Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (16%), Kentwood (7%) and Wyoming (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Sand Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Lake.

207live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sand Lake goes to work

Grand Rapids23.6 mi away

16%33

Kentwood28.1 mi away

7%14

Wyoming29 mi away

6%12

Plainfield15.5 mi away

5%11

Cascade27 mi away

4%9

Cedar Springs5 mi away

4%8

Rockford10.6 mi away

3%7

Byron34.5 mi away

3%7

Greenville15.5 mi away

2%5

Grandville29.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%98

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

How far

How far Sand Lake commutes

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

11%

39%

35%

15%

11%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Lake are

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

Jobs based in Sand Lake

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Sand Lake residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in Sand Lake, 2011 → 2021: 174 → 179. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.