Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Sandy Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten stay in Sandy Township for work; outside it, Canton is the main destination (19%, 9 miles). Employers in Sandy Township report 598 jobs for 1,631 working residents. Jobs and income earn Sandy Township B−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Sandy Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sandy Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #575 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Sandy Township’s grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($68,537, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sandy Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Sandy Township
On a workday 1,480 residents head out to work, 151 work right here, and 447 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Sandy Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Township’s working residents head each day
Where Sandy Township clocks in
19% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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 Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandy Township, 2013 → 2023: 530 → 598. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sandy Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandy Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,423 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
The commute from Sandy Township, by distance
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.
In Sandy Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sandy Township is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #228 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,556 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). 4.8% of Sandy Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Sandy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sandy Township is 2,022nd among 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,020 | Archbold OH | 4,417 | $73K | 6.2% | 4.5% | 39% | B− |
| 2,021 | Johnstown Township MI | 2,917 | $82K | 9.2% | 3.9% | 2% | B− |
| 2,022 | Sandy Township OH | 3,525 | $69K | 11.3% | 3.4% | 9% | B− |
| 2,023 | Union Township OH | 3,533 | $74K | 11.0% | 2.4% | 7% | B− |
| 2,024 | Lincoln WI | 2,737 | $78K | 7.9% | 1.8% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Sandy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Sandy Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sandy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Township | – | B− | B+ | 27 min | $68,537 |
| Pike Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 24 min | $75,306 |
| Brown Township | under 3% | C− | B | 36 min | $56,688 |
| Osnaburg Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $72,281 |
| Rose Township | under 3% | B | C | 34 min | $89,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sandy 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 Sandy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sandy Township?
$68,537 (±$6,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandy Township?
11.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandy Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandy Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Canton (19%, 9 mi), Jackson Township (6%, 16 mi), Canton Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sandy Township walkable?
Sandy Township is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sandy Township without a car?
5% 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 Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandy 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.