Work & commute · Sandy Lake

Work & commute in Sandy Lake, PA

Most working residents leave Sandy Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pine (6%), Grove City (6%) and Sandy Lake (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 218 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 211 Sandy Lake residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandy Lake.

211live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandy Lake goes to work

Pine12.7 mi away

6%14

Grove City13.3 mi away

6%12

Sandy Lake1.6 mi away

6%12

Jackson7.8 mi away

4%9

Fairview7.1 mi away

4%8

Sandy Lake (in town)right here

3%7

Pittsburgh63.2 mi away

3%7

Hermitage20.4 mi away

2%5

New Vernon4.6 mi away

2%5

New Lebanon4.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%135

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

How far

How far Sandy Lake commutes

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

24%

39%

13%

24%

24%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandy Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandy Lake are

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

Jobs based in Sandy Lake

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Sandy Lake residents hold

218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−27%

Jobs based in Sandy Lake, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 234. 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.