Work & commute · Sunset

Work & commute in Sunset, FL

Most working residents leave Sunset for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (24%), Coral Gables (7%) and Kendall (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

325 of 6,957 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 6,632 Sunset residents head out of town to work, 325 work right here, and 6,467 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunset.

6,632live here, work elsewhere

325live and work here

6,467work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunset goes to work

Miami10.1 mi away

24%1,642

Coral Gables6 mi away

7%493

Kendall2.7 mi away

6%442

Doral7.5 mi away

6%417

Sunset (in town)right here

5%325

Westchester2.7 mi away

3%216

Glenvar Heights2.3 mi away

2%169

Hialeah11.7 mi away

2%168

Three Lakes5.3 mi away

2%135

Medley10.4 mi away

2%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,828

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

How far

How far Sunset commutes

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

58%

29%

58%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunset is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunset are

6,792 jobs are based in Sunset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunset’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sunset

6,792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sunset residents hold

6,957 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+7%

Jobs based in Sunset, 2013 → 2023: 6,356 → 6,792. 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.