Work & commute · Sandyston

Work & commute in Sandyston, NJ

Most working residents leave Sandyston for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (6%), Sparta (4%) and Frankford (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
56 of 948 working residents
Typical commute
34 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 892 Sandyston residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandyston.

892live here, work elsewhere
56live and work here
290work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sandyston goes to work

BranchvilleMorristownNewtonNewarkNew YorkDenvilleHamptonFredonWantageMontagueSandystonSpartaWalpackFrankfordDeerparkDelawareDingmanNewtonSpartaFrankfordNew YorkNewarkMorristownBranchvilleDenvilleWantageSandyston
1
Sandyston (in town)right here
6%56
2
Newton11.6 mi away
6%54
3
Sparta14.8 mi away
4%36
4
Frankford5.2 mi away
4%36
5
New York, NY59.4 mi away
3%32
6
Newark47.6 mi away
3%26
7
Morristown33.7 mi away
2%21
8
Branchville5.7 mi away
2%18
9
Denville28.1 mi away
2%16
10
Wantage9.8 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
67%637

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

How far

How far Sandyston commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
40%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sandyston is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandyston are

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

Jobs based in Sandyston

346 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Sandyston residents hold

948 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month71%
−20%

Jobs based in Sandyston, 2013 → 2023: 431 → 346. 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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