Work & commute · Sun Lakes

Work & commute in Sun Lakes, AZ

Most working residents leave Sun Lakes for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Phoenix (32%), Chandler (15%) and Scottsdale (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

160 of 3,889 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,729 Sun Lakes residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 2,028 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun Lakes.

3,729live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

2,028work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun Lakes goes to work

Phoenix27.8 mi away

32%1,228

Chandler4.8 mi away

15%570

Scottsdale32.4 mi away

9%357

Tempe12.5 mi away

9%335

Mesa15.5 mi away

7%281

Sun Lakes (in town)right here

4%160

Gilbert10 mi away

4%150

Tucson93.6 mi away

2%93

Glendale28.7 mi away

1%58

Peoria48.5 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%622

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

How far

How far Sun Lakes commutes

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

24%

43%

23%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun Lakes is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun Lakes are

2,188 jobs are based in Sun Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sun Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sun Lakes

2,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Sun Lakes residents hold

3,889 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Sun Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 2,190 → 2,188. 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.