Work, pay and getting to work in Sandy Creek
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers; New York has 15%. About one in ten work in Sandy Creek; the top destination outside it is Sandy Creek (12%, 2 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sandy Creek, in a few figures
Commuting from Sandy Creek: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandy Creek workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 271 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Sandy Creek, and who commutes in
On a workday 192 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Sandy Creek on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Sandy Creek: the destinations
Where Sandy Creek clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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 services: health care, schools and offices
317 jobs are based in Sandy Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandy Creek, 2014 → 2024: 307 → 317. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandy Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Sandy Creek, by distance
About 29% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Sandy Creek?
$64,028 (±$18,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandy Creek?
10.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandy Creek?
20 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandy Creek work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandy Creek (12%, 2 mi), Oswego (8%, 24 mi), Syracuse (8%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sandy Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sandy Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandy Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.