Work & commute · Sun

Work & commute in Sun, CA

Most working residents leave Sun for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (23%), Palmdale (9%) and Lancaster (9%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 4,159 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,058 Sun residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun.

4,058live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun goes to work

Los Angeles45.4 mi away

23%949

Palmdale8.7 mi away

9%385

Lancaster15.5 mi away

9%377

Santa Clarita32.5 mi away

5%215

Sun Village (in town)right here

2%101

Burbank33.1 mi away

2%70

San Diego128.8 mi away

1%42

Littlerock2.8 mi away

1%40

Ontario41.3 mi away

1%38

Simi Valley49.4 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,906

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.

12%

15%

52%

21%

12%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

52%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun are

619 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

619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Sun residents hold

4,159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+27%

Jobs based in Sun, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 619. 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.