Sandown Old Meetinghouse · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Sandown earn more than those in 93% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Sandown is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). Below the poverty line: 10.8% of residents (New Hampshire 7.2%). 27% of workers work from home (New Hampshire 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sandown: the figures worth knowing
Sandown is a place people come home to
There are 346 jobs based in Sandown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sandown has about 3,200 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Sandown works from home
27% of Sandown workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Time on the road ↓
Sandown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Sandown
73% of Sandown residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Sandown pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Sandown’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Sandown’s grade up ($135,040, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sandown could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Who leaves Sandown for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,783 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Sandown on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.
0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 33 minutes to work from Sandown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,352 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 29% of the jobs in Sandown
346 jobs are based in Sandown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandown, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 346. 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 Sandown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
7% of working residents work in Manchester
Where Sandown clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
How many miles Sandown commutes
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.
For most of Sandown, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,240 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Sandown households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sandown’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,372nd of 3,253: where Sandown ranks among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Hollis NH | 8,819 | $169K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,370 | Pompey NY | 6,995 | $111K | 3.4% | 8.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,371 | South San Gabriel CA | 7,923 | $77K | 6.8% | 6.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,372 | Sandown NH | 6,753 | $135K | 10.8% | 4.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,373 | Adams NY | 4,826 | $79K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 9% | B |
| 1,374 | Dickinson NY | 5,027 | $78K | 8.5% | 3.6% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sandown, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Sandown and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Derry (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Sandown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Sandown: questions
What is the median household income in Sandown?
$135,040 (±$24,960) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandown?
10.8%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandown?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (7%, 14 mi), Plaistow (5%, 8 mi), Salem (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sandown walkable?
Sandown is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sandown without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sandown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandown
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.