Work & commute · Sandstone

Work & commute in Sandstone, MI

Most working residents leave Sandstone for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (20%), Blackman (13%) and Summit (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 1,450 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,367 Sandstone residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandstone.

1,367live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

1,548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandstone goes to work

Jackson7.8 mi away

20%293

Blackman6.2 mi away

13%192

Sandstone (in town)right here

6%83

Summit8.5 mi away

6%83

Spring Arbor5.7 mi away

4%60

Ann Arbor41.6 mi away

4%51

Lansing29.5 mi away

3%41

Leoni12.5 mi away

3%37

Albion11.2 mi away

2%35

Parma6 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%556

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

How far

How far Sandstone commutes

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

47%

18%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandstone is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandstone are

1,631 jobs are based in Sandstone. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandstone

1,631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Sandstone residents hold

1,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+42%

Jobs based in Sandstone, 2011 → 2021: 1,146 → 1,631. 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.