Work & commute · Sandy

Work & commute in Sandy, OR

Most working residents leave Sandy for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (27%), Gresham (10%) and Salem (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

683 of 6,319 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,636 Sandy residents head out of town to work, 683 work right here, and 2,987 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandy.

5,636live here, work elsewhere

683live and work here

2,987work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandy goes to work

Portland20.8 mi away

27%1,693

Sandy (in town)right here

11%683

Gresham11 mi away

10%653

Salem49.2 mi away

3%171

Troutdale11.5 mi away

2%152

Hillsboro33.3 mi away

2%138

Oregon City16.2 mi away

2%136

Beaverton27.1 mi away

2%133

Tigard25.1 mi away

2%121

Estacada7.6 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,356

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

How far

How far Sandy commutes

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

21%

58%

16%

21%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandy is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandy are

3,670 jobs are based in Sandy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandy

3,670 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Sandy residents hold

6,319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+29%

Jobs based in Sandy, 2013 → 2023: 2,845 → 3,670. 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.