Work & commute · Sunnyside

Work & commute in Sunnyside, CA

Most working residents leave Sunnyside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fresno (51%), Clovis (6%) and Sanger (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,945 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,908 Sunnyside residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunnyside.

1,908live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunnyside goes to work

Fresno6.7 mi away

51%999

Clovis6.8 mi away

6%121

Sanger7.8 mi away

3%52

Visalia34.4 mi away

2%38

Sunnyside (in town)right here

2%37

Madera27.1 mi away

1%25

Bakersfield101.9 mi away

1%19

Selma11.8 mi away

1%18

Hanford27.8 mi away

1%17

Los Angeles200.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%602

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

How far

How far Sunnyside commutes

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

62%

11%

19%

62%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunnyside is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunnyside are

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

Jobs based in Sunnyside

757 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Sunnyside residents hold

1,945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+95%

Jobs based in Sunnyside, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 757. 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.