Work & commute · Sandy

Work & commute in Sandy, UT

Most working residents leave Sandy for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (23%), Draper (7%) and Murray (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

5,852 of 45,462 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39,610 Sandy residents head out of town to work, 5,852 work right here, and 42,773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandy.

39,610live here, work elsewhere

5,852live and work here

42,773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandy goes to work

Salt Lake City14.6 mi away

23%10,550

Sandy (in town)right here

13%5,852

Draper5.2 mi away

7%3,114

Murray5.8 mi away

5%2,480

West Valley City11.7 mi away

5%2,262

South Jordan7.6 mi away

4%1,793

Midvale3.7 mi away

4%1,717

Cottonwood Heights3.4 mi away

3%1,547

West Jordan8.2 mi away

3%1,522

South Salt Lake9.6 mi away

3%1,405

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%13,220

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.

54%

39%

54%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandy 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 are

48,625 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

48,625 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Sandy residents hold

45,462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+31%

Jobs based in Sandy, 2013 → 2023: 37,000 → 48,625. 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.