Work & commute · Sandnes

Work & commute in Sandnes, MN

Most working residents leave Sandnes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (19%), Granite Falls (13%) and Cottonwood (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 96 Sandnes residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandnes.

96live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandnes goes to work

Marshall15.9 mi away

19%18

Granite Falls12 mi away

13%13

Cottonwood3.8 mi away

8%8

Echo13.8 mi away

5%5

Redwood Falls29.9 mi away

4%4

Minnesota Falls8.8 mi away

4%4

Minneota16.3 mi away

3%3

Hanley Falls3.7 mi away

2%2

Willmar43.9 mi away

2%2

Sioux Agency12.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%36

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

How far

How far Sandnes commutes

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

21%

47%

13%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandnes is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandnes are

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

Jobs based in Sandnes

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Sandnes residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−5%

Jobs based in Sandnes, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 77. 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.