Work & commute · Sandy Oaks

Work & commute in Sandy Oaks, TX

Most working residents leave Sandy Oaks for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (57%), Austin (5%) and Houston (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 1,961 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,937 Sandy Oaks residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandy Oaks.

1,937live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandy Oaks goes to work

San Antonio20.6 mi away

57%1,117

Austin86.6 mi away

5%91

Houston186.4 mi away

4%69

Dallas267.8 mi away

1%28

Sandy Oaks (in town)right here

1%24

New Braunfels39.9 mi away

1%20

Schertz28 mi away

1%18

Leon Valley24.9 mi away

1%17

Live Oak26.2 mi away

1%15

Pleasanton15.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%549

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

How far

How far Sandy Oaks commutes

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

11%

46%

20%

23%

11%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandy Oaks is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandy Oaks are

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

Jobs based in Sandy Oaks

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Sandy Oaks residents hold

1,961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+371%

Jobs based in Sandy Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 99. 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.