Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Most of Sandyston Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Sandyston Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 346 jobs are based in Sandyston Township, against 948 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sandyston Township
The better-paid jobs are outside Sandyston Township
71% of Sandyston Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Sandyston Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Sandyston Township empties out on a workday
About 1,400 people are in Sandyston Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 2,000 who live here: 890 head out to work and 290 come in. Day and night ↓
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; with 948 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Sandyston Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sandyston Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sandyston Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sandyston Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Jobs in Sandyston Township: what the 346 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandyston Township, 2013 → 2023: 431 → 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 Sandyston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Sandyston Township by day
On a workday 892 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Sandyston Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
6% of working residents work in Newton
Where Sandyston Township clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
About 33 minutes each way for Sandyston Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandyston Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 823 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Sandyston Township, by distance
About 20% 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.
For most of Sandyston Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sandyston Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 935 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.4% of Sandyston Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sandyston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Sandyston Township is 974th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Oldmans Township NJ | 1,954 | $113K | 3.2% | 11.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 972 | Jacobus PA | 1,838 | $114K | 2.1% | 7.2% | 0% | B+ |
| 973 | Franconia Township MN | 1,757 | $117K | 10.7% | 5.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 974 | Sandyston Township NJ | 2,032 | $104K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 975 | West Sadsbury Township PA | 2,458 | $94K | 11.8% | 1.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 976 | Captains Cove VA | 1,542 | $110K | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Sandyston Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Sandyston Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Frankford Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sandyston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyston Township | – | B+ | C− | 33 min | $104,219 |
| Frankford Township | 4% | B+ | C | 32 min | $117,286 |
| Montague Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 41 min | $101,250 |
| Walpack Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Walpack Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sandyston Township’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 Sandyston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sandyston Township?
$104,219 (±$13,614) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandyston Township?
2.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandyston Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandyston Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newton (6%, 12 mi), Sparta Township (4%, 15 mi), Frankford Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sandyston Township walkable?
Sandyston Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sandyston Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sandyston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandyston Township
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.