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Work & commute in Sanford, NY

Most working residents leave Sanford for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Deposit (16%), Binghamton (8%) and Union (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
85 of 824 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 739 Sanford residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanford.

739live here, work elsewhere
85live and work here
157work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sanford goes to work

BinghamtonNew YorkWaltonWindsorTompkinsAftonBainbridgeMasonvilleDickinsonDepositKirkwoodUnionColesvilleVestalSanfordHancockDepositBinghamtonUnionKirkwoodNew YorkWindsorVestalHancockDickinsonSanford
1
Deposit6.6 mi away
16%129
2
Sanford (in town)right here
10%85
3
Binghamton21.1 mi away
8%66
4
Union27.4 mi away
7%58
5
Kirkwood15.4 mi away
5%41
6
New York127.8 mi away
5%39
7
Windsor9.2 mi away
2%15
8
Vestal26.8 mi away
2%15
9
Hancock18.7 mi away
2%15
10
Dickinson21.2 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%347

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

How far

How far Sanford commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sanford is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanford are

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

Jobs based in Sanford

242 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Sanford residents hold

824 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−9%

Jobs based in Sanford, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 242. 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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