Work & commute · Sunrise

Work & commute in Sunrise, FL

Most working residents leave Sunrise for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (12%), Plantation (5%) and Davie (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

6,098 of 43,676 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,578 Sunrise residents head out of town to work, 6,098 work right here, and 73,705 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunrise.

37,578live here, work elsewhere

6,098live and work here

73,705work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunrise goes to work

Sunrise (in town)right here

14%6,098

Fort Lauderdale7.4 mi away

12%5,431

Plantation3.2 mi away

5%2,235

Davie6.5 mi away

4%1,835

Miami27.6 mi away

4%1,776

Hollywood11.4 mi away

4%1,633

Pembroke Pines11.9 mi away

3%1,497

Pompano Beach9.3 mi away

3%1,438

Weston10 mi away

3%1,216

Coral Springs6.9 mi away

3%1,186

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%19,331

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

How far

How far Sunrise commutes

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

49%

30%

12%

10%

49%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunrise is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunrise are

79,803 jobs are based in Sunrise. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunrise’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sunrise

79,803 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sunrise residents hold

43,676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+93%

Jobs based in Sunrise, 2013 → 2023: 41,372 → 79,803. 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.