Pitts Neck · Public domainMost of Sanford commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Sanford has 7 jobs, against 77 working residents. Only 1% work in Sanford; the top destination outside it is Newport News (5%, 75 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Virginia has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Sanford
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Sanford on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 towns that employ Sanford’s residents
Where Sanford clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Sanford works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sanford, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 7. 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 Sanford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sanford
of Sanford workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 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.
The distance from Sanford to work
About 51% 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.
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 Sanford: questions
What is the median household income in Sanford?
$61,250 (±$51,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sanford?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sanford work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport News (5%, 75 mi), Richmond (5%, 103 mi), Onancock (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sanford 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 Sanford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sanford
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.