Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sandgate works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Sandgate for work; outside it, Manchester is the main destination (22%, 6 miles). Employers in Sandgate report 18 jobs, and 152 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 35% of workers (Vermont 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Sandgate for work, and who comes in
On a workday 152 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Sandgate on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Commuting out of Sandgate: the destinations
Where Sandgate clocks in
22% of workers
16% of workers
15% 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.
56% of the jobs in Sandgate make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandgate, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 18. 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 Sandgate’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Sandgate, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandgate workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 123 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Sandgate
About 16% 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.
38% of Sandgate works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sandgate workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandgate | – | — | — | 27 min | $69,167 |
| Arlington | 16% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $102,308 |
| Rupert | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Manchester | 22% | B− | A | 14 min | $94,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rupert: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manchester. Darker towns draw more of Sandgate’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 Sandgate: questions
What is the median household income in Sandgate?
$69,167 (±$18,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandgate?
9.7%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandgate?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandgate work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (22%, 6 mi), Arlington (16%, 9 mi), Bennington (15%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sandgate without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sandgate, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandgate
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.