Work & commute · Sandston

Work & commute in Sandston, VA

Most working residents leave Sandston for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (19%), Mechanicsville (5%) and Innsbrook (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

242 of 3,757 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,515 Sandston residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 8,275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandston.

3,515live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

8,275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandston goes to work

Richmond9 mi away

19%699

Sandston (in town)right here

6%242

Mechanicsville8.4 mi away

5%171

Innsbrook17.4 mi away

2%89

Laurel13.6 mi away

2%84

Highland Springs2.8 mi away

2%63

Tuckahoe15.9 mi away

1%48

Short Pump19.5 mi away

1%42

Manchester12.8 mi away

1%39

Tysons97.4 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,246

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

How far

How far Sandston commutes

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

42%

39%

16%

42%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandston is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandston are

8,517 jobs are based in Sandston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandston

8,517 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sandston residents hold

3,757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Sandston, 2013 → 2023: 8,524 → 8,517. 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.