Work & commute · Sandy

Work & commute in Sandy, PA

Most working residents leave Sandy for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are DuBois (21%), College (2%) and Brookville (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

713 of 3,801 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,088 Sandy residents head out of town to work, 713 work right here, and 3,999 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandy.

3,088live here, work elsewhere

713live and work here

3,999work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandy goes to work

DuBois2.2 mi away

21%788

Sandy (in town)right here

19%713

College52.7 mi away

2%74

Brookville18.5 mi away

2%71

St. Marys23.9 mi away

2%71

Reynoldsville9 mi away

2%61

Lawrence14.8 mi away

2%60

Snyder8.9 mi away

2%59

Brockway7.7 mi away

1%53

Pittsburgh81.5 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,802

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.

47%

14%

10%

29%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandy is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandy are

4,712 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

4,712 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Sandy residents hold

3,801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+11%

Jobs based in Sandy, 2013 → 2023: 4,254 → 4,712. 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.