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Jobs & commute in Sandusky

Sandusky has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. There are 12 jobs in Sandusky for 137 working residents. For 8% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

12 jobs based here
Household income
$109K
median · Iowa $75K
Poverty
11.6%
Iowa 11.1%
Unemployment
0.0%
Iowa 3.6% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
24 min
Iowa 20 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 137 working residents
Work from home
8%
Iowa 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Sandusky

On a workday 137 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.

137live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night350
Workday230
350live here− 140head out to work+ 12come in to work= 230on a workday

About 230 people are in Sandusky on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

42% of working residents work in Keokuk

HamiltonMacomb: 3 residents work here (2%)Montrose: 2 residents work here (1%)West Burlington: 4 residents work here (3%)Mount Pleasant: 3 residents work here (2%)Fort Madison: 21 residents work here (15%)Keokuk: 57 residents work here (42%)BurlingtonCoralville: 2 residents work here (1%)Iowa City: 3 residents work here (2%)Cedar Rapids: 3 residents work here (2%)Des MoinesDavenport: 4 residents work here (3%)ParisSonora TownshipMontebello TownshipSanduskyKeokukFort MadisonWest BurlingtonDavenportMacombMount PleasantSandusky
1
Keokuk3.1 mi away
42%57
2
Fort Madison11.8 mi away
15%21
3
West Burlington27.8 mi away
3%4
4
Davenport86.5 mi away
3%4
5
Macomb, IL37.1 mi away
2%3
6
Mount Pleasant36.1 mi away
2%3
7
Iowa City83.4 mi away
2%3
8
Cedar Rapids105.4 mi away
2%3
9
Montrose5.1 mi away
1%2
10
Coralville86.7 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%35
The top trips

Where Sandusky clocks in

42% of workers
3.1 mi awayKeokuk57 Sandusky residents work here · Jobs & commute →
15% of workers
11.8 mi awayFort Madison21 Sandusky residents work here · Jobs & commute →
3% of workers
27.8 mi awayWest Burlington4 Sandusky residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Sandusky is a services town

Jobs based in SanduskyJobs Sandusky residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%23%
Trade, transport & utilities8%19%
Services: health, schools, offices92%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%28%
Over $3,333 a month50%53%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 5450%50%
55 and older50%28%
−45%

Jobs based in Sandusky, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 12. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandusky’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Sandusky’s commute takes about 24 minutes

A year of commuting
185 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sandusky24 min
Iowa20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Sandusky workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Sandusky gets to work
78%Drive alone
22%Carpool

Share of the 133 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Sandusky’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKeokuk: 42% · 3.1 miFort Madison: 15% · 11.8 miWest Burlington: 3% · 27.8 miDavenport: 3% · 86.5 miMacomb: 2% · 37.1 miMount Pleasant: 2% · 36.1 miIowa City: 2% · 83.4 miCedar Rapids: 2% · 105.4 miMontrose: 1% · 5.1 miCoralville: 1% · 86.7 miKeokuk 42%Fort Madison 15%West Burlington 3%Davenport 3%Macomb 2%Sandusky
SanduskyTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi64 residents
22%10–24 mi30 residents
7%25–50 mi10 residents
24%Over 50 mi32 residents

About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Work next door: 42% of Sandusky’s workers

Montebello Township: few work hereKeokuk: 42% of workers work hereSonora Township: few work hereMontebello TownshipKeokukSonora TownshipSandusky
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Keokuk16 min
Sonora Township19 min
Sandusky24 min
Montebello Township24 min
Montebello Townshipunder 2% of SanduskyKeokuk42% of Sandusky works hereSonora Townshipunder 2% of Sandusky

Jobs & commute next door

TownSandusky workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Sandusky–——24 min$108,977
Keokuk42%C−B+16 min$52,711

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Keokuk. Darker towns draw more of Sandusky’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sandusky: questions

What is the median household income in Sandusky?

$108,977 (±$47,518) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sandusky?

11.6%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sandusky?

24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sandusky work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (42%, 3 mi), Fort Madison (15%, 12 mi), West Burlington (3%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Sandusky without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Sandusky, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.