Work & commute · Sun

Work & commute in Sun, AZ

Most working residents leave Sun for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (41%), Glendale (7%) and Scottsdale (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

514 of 10,127 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,613 Sun residents head out of town to work, 514 work right here, and 7,604 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun.

9,613live here, work elsewhere

514live and work here

7,604work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun goes to work

Phoenix11.5 mi away

41%4,170

Glendale7.8 mi away

7%759

Scottsdale24.7 mi away

6%608

Peoria13 mi away

6%573

Tempe25.6 mi away

5%550

Sun City (in town)right here

5%514

Surprise10.5 mi away

3%317

Mesa35.9 mi away

3%296

Chandler33.9 mi away

3%267

Tucson130.1 mi away

2%187

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%1,886

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Sun commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

51%

11%

10%

28%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun are

8,118 jobs are based in Sun. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sun’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sun

8,118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Sun residents hold

10,127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Sun, 2013 → 2023: 7,421 → 8,118. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.