More people are out of work in Sandy Township (7.2%) than in 84% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 9% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). Sandy Township grades C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in five work in Sandy Township itself; outside it, DuBois draws the most (21%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Sandy Township: the gist
Sandy Township and DuBois trade workers both ways
DuBois is the top workplace for Sandy Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Sandy Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Sandy Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
The figures behind Sandy Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sandy Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #887 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Sandy Township’s grade up ($79,365, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sandy Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where Sandy Township’s working residents head each day
Where Sandy Township clocks in
21% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Time on the road from Sandy Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandy Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,235 commuters (the 9% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Sandy Township
On a workday 3,088 residents head out to work, 713 work right here, and 3,999 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Sandy Township’s 4,712 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandy Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,254 → 4,712. 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.
Where in the region Sandy Township works
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 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 Sandy Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sandy Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #603 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Sandy Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,649 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). 8.7% of Sandy Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sandy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sandy Township is 2,146th of 2,695 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 26 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,144 | Union Township IN | 10,065 | $62K | 9.7% | 5.7% | 28% | C |
| 2,145 | Catskill NY | 11,184 | $69K | 11.2% | 6.8% | 21% | C |
| 2,146 | Sandy Township PA | 11,628 | $79K | 14.2% | 7.2% | 19% | C |
| 2,147 | Worthington MN | 13,979 | $62K | 17.6% | 3.8% | 34% | C |
| 2,148 | Bloomsburg PA | 13,375 | $52K | 26.5% | 7.9% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Pennsylvania.
Sandy Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Snyder Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sandy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Township | – | C | B− | 20 min | $79,365 |
| Brady Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 20 min | $66,944 |
| Huston Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $61,173 |
| Falls Creek | under 2% | C− | C | 15 min | $50,536 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C | C | 20 min | $69,464 |
| Snyder Township | 2% | C− | C− | 17 min | $69,886 |
| Winslow Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 26 min | $67,763 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Horton Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 23 min | $54,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$79,365 (±$15,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandy Township?
14.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandy Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandy Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DuBois (21%, 2 mi), College Township (2%, 53 mi), Brookville (2%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sandy Township walkable?
Sandy Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sandy Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% 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.