Work & commute · Sunshine

Work & commute in Sunshine, CO

Most working residents leave Sunshine for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Boulder (31%), Denver (13%) and Lakewood (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 70 Sunshine residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunshine.

70live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunshine goes to work

Boulder6.8 mi away

31%22

Denver33.2 mi away

13%9

Lakewood28.5 mi away

4%3

Longmont15.9 mi away

4%3

Louisville13.7 mi away

3%2

Lafayette15.1 mi away

3%2

Westminster20.7 mi away

3%2

Aurora42.2 mi away

3%2

Glendale33.9 mi away

1%1

Sheridan34.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%24

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

How far

How far Sunshine commutes

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

39%

24%

27%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunshine is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunshine are

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

Jobs based in Sunshine

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Sunshine residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+6%

Jobs based in Sunshine, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 33. 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.