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Work & commute in Sandstone, MN

Most working residents leave Sandstone for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hinckley (16%), Sandstone (10%) and Pine City (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 279 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 277 Sandstone residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandstone.

277live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sandstone goes to work

FinlaysonRutledgeMoose LakeHinckleyRush CityPine CityMoraSandstoneCambridgeColeraineNorth BranchDuluthMinneapolisBarryFinlaysonSandstoneArlonePartridgeDanforthDell GroveHinckleySandstonePine CityMoose LakeMinneapolisFinlaysonRush CityMoraDuluthFinlaysonSandstone
1
Hinckley9.3 mi away
16%45
2
Sandstone3.8 mi away
10%27
3
Pine City20.8 mi away
7%19
4
Moose Lake23.2 mi away
4%10
5
Minneapolis83 mi away
3%8
6
Finlayson7.3 mi away
3%7
7
Rush City30.8 mi away
2%6
8
Mora29.3 mi away
2%6
9
Duluth55.1 mi away
2%6
10
Finlayson9.5 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%140

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.

30%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sandstone is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandstone are

28 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

28 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Sandstone residents hold

279 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+460%

Jobs based in Sandstone, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 28. 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.

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