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Work & commute · Sand Lake

Work & commute in Sand Lake, NY

Most working residents leave Sand Lake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (25%), Colonie (12%) and East Greenbush (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
273 of 3,524 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,251 Sand Lake residents head out of town to work, 273 work right here, and 1,191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Lake.

3,251live here, work elsewhere
273live and work here
1,191work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sand Lake goes to work

TroyAlbanyNew YorkNorth GreenbushNassauBerlinEast GreenbushBethlehemColonieBrunswickGuilderlandSand LakeSchodackPoestenkillAlbanyColonieEast GreenbushTroyNew YorkSchodackNorth GreenbushBethlehemGuilderlandSand Lake
1
Albany13.2 mi away
25%871
2
Colonie14.5 mi away
12%425
3
Sand Lake (in town)right here
8%273
4
East Greenbush8.2 mi away
7%230
5
Troy9.9 mi away
6%217
6
New York137.5 mi away
6%198
7
Schodack9.9 mi away
3%102
8
North Greenbush7.2 mi away
2%75
9
Bethlehem14.8 mi away
2%60
10
Guilderland21.9 mi away
2%58
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%1,015

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

How far

How far Sand Lake commutes

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

37%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Lake is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Lake are

1,464 jobs are based in Sand Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sand Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sand Lake

1,464 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sand Lake residents hold

3,524 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month71%
+9%

Jobs based in Sand Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,348 → 1,464. 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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