B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing · Photo: MONGO. · Public domainSandy Hook has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 3% work in Sandy Hook; the top destination outside it is Frederick (24%, 17 miles). 36 jobs are based in Sandy Hook, and 68 of its residents work somewhere. 15% of workers work from home, against 19% across Maryland.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Sandy Hook: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Sandy Hook on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer 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 Sandy Hook goes to work
Where Sandy Hook clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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.
What Sandy Hook’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandy Hook, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 36. 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.
Working from home in Sandy Hook
of Sandy Hook workers work from home, vs 19% across Maryland. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Maryland: 80% drive alone, 5% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Sandy Hook works
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 median household income in Sandy Hook?
$61,655 (±$54,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,678 across Maryland and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandy Hook?
5.5%, against 9.4% across Maryland and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sandy Hook work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederick (24%, 17 mi), Ballenger Creek (6%, 16 mi), Hagerstown (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sandy Hook 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 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.