Work & commute · Sandy Springs

Work & commute in Sandy Springs, SC

Most working residents leave Sandy Springs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Anderson (14%), Greenville (7%) and Clemson (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 437 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 435 Sandy Springs residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 1,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandy Springs.

435live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

1,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandy Springs goes to work

Anderson8.3 mi away

14%63

Greenville27.3 mi away

7%32

Clemson6.6 mi away

6%25

Pendleton3.2 mi away

2%8

Mauldin28.2 mi away

2%8

Northlake4.4 mi away

2%8

Seneca13.4 mi away

1%6

La France1.4 mi away

1%5

Florence171.2 mi away

1%4

Columbia112.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%274

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

How far

How far Sandy Springs commutes

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

46%

18%

19%

17%

46%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandy Springs is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandy Springs are

1,098 jobs are based in Sandy Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandy Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandy Springs

1,098 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sandy Springs residents hold

437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1345%

Jobs based in Sandy Springs, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 1,098. 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.