Work & commute · Sandusky

Work & commute in Sandusky, OH

Most working residents leave Sandusky for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (24%), Clyde (6%) and Stony Prairie (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

110 of 1,655 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,545 Sandusky residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 2,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandusky.

1,545live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

2,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandusky goes to work

Fremont2 mi away

24%404

Clyde9.5 mi away

6%102

Stony Prairie2.2 mi away

5%84

Toledo30.5 mi away

4%73

Tiffin18.4 mi away

2%34

Columbus96.6 mi away

2%30

Bowling Green26.9 mi away

2%26

Sandusky (in town)right here

2%26

Sandusky22.2 mi away

2%25

Bellevue16.8 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%828

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

How far

How far Sandusky commutes

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

44%

19%

17%

19%

44%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandusky is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandusky are

2,166 jobs are based in Sandusky. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandusky’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandusky

2,166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Sandusky residents hold

1,655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+75%

Jobs based in Sandusky, 2013 → 2023: 1,236 → 2,166. 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.