With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sand Hill works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Sand Hill itself; outside it, Derry Township draws the most (9%, 14 miles). Sand Hill has 117 jobs for 1,158 working residents. 3% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Sand Hill stands out on work
Sand Hill is a place people come home to
There are 117 jobs based in Sand Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sand Hill has about 1,500 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Sand Hill are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Sand Hill workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Who works in Sand Hill, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,154 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Sand Hill on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Sand Hill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sand Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,496 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Sand Hill: the destinations
Where Sand Hill clocks in
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Sand Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sand Hill, 2014 → 2024: 138 → 117. 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 Sand Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Sand Hill, by distance
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.
Around Sand Hill: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Lebanon (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Sand Hill’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 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 Sand Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Sand Hill?
$100,583 (±$42,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sand Hill?
1.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sand Hill?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sand Hill work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (9%, 14 mi), Lebanon (8%, 1 mi), North Lebanon Township (7%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sand Hill 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 Sand Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sand Hill
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.