Berry Hill · Photo: Frances Benjamin Johnston · Public domainWith 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Sandy Level works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Virginia has 18%. Sandy Level has 60 jobs, and 155 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Sandy Level itself; outside it, Martinsville draws the most (21%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sandy Level on a workday afternoon
On a workday 155 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Sandy Level on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The places Sandy Level commutes to
Where Sandy Level clocks in
21% 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.
The kinds of work in Sandy Level
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandy Level, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 60. 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 Level’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sandy Level
of Sandy Level workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sandy Level
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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Sandy Level workers work outside Virginia. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- 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 Level: questions
What is the median household income in Sandy Level?
$43,468 (±$11,911) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandy Level?
3.7%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sandy Level work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinsville (21%, 11 mi), Eden (8%, 5 mi), Danville (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sandy Level without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sandy Level, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandy Level
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.