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Work & commute in Sand Springs, TX

Most working residents leave Sand Springs for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Big Spring (22%), Coahoma (10%) and Midland (10%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
6 of 367 working residents
Typical commute
43 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 361 Sand Springs residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Springs.

361live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
79work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sand Springs goes to work

Sterling CityLorenzoRankinCoahomaAndrewsSnyderBig SpringMidlandHoustonSan AngeloAbileneOdessaLubbockSand SpringsBig SpringCoahomaMidlandOdessaLubbockAbileneAndrewsHoustonSan AngeloSand Springs
1
Big Spring8.4 mi away
22%82
2
Coahoma2.7 mi away
10%38
3
Midland48 mi away
10%37
4
Odessa64.4 mi away
4%15
5
Lubbock93.9 mi away
3%12
6
Abilene94.9 mi away
2%8
7
Andrews70.2 mi away
2%6
8
Houston392.7 mi away
2%6
9
Sand Springs (in town)right here
2%6
10
San Angelo78.4 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%152

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

How far

How far Sand Springs commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
2%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
41%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Springs is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Springs are

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

Jobs based in Sand Springs

85 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)53%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)12%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Sand Springs residents hold

367 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month70%
−48%

Jobs based in Sand Springs, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 85. 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.

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