Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Sandy Hook has 2.5 jobs per working resident, and 373 people come in to work
Employers in Sandy Hook report 398 jobs; 162 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Sandy Hook; the top destination outside it is Morehead (10%, 19 miles). The average commute takes 40 minutes each way, where Kentucky has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Sandy Hook
On a workday 137 residents head out to work and 25 work right here.
About 860 people are in Sandy Hook on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Sandy Hook live
Where Sandy Hook clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workersLines 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Sandy Hook
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandy Hook, 2013 → 2023: 466 → 398. 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 Sandy Hook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sandy Hook’s commute takes about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandy Hook workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sandy Hook
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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Sandy Hook: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sandy Hook?
45.1%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandy Hook?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandy Hook work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morehead (10%, 19 mi), West Liberty (6%, 14 mi), Olive Hill (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sandy Hook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sandy Hook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandy Hook
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.