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

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

Sandyston (in town)right here

6%56

Newton11.6 mi away

6%54

Sparta14.8 mi away

4%36

Frankford5.2 mi away

4%36

New York, NY59.4 mi away

3%32

Newark47.6 mi away

3%26

Morristown33.7 mi away

2%21

Branchville5.7 mi away

2%18

Denville28.1 mi away

2%16

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%

23%

40%

20%

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.