Work & commute · Sun

Work & commute in Sun, LA

Most working residents leave Sun for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (15%), New Orleans (9%) and Slidell (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 164 Sun residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun.

164live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun goes to work

Covington16.9 mi away

15%25

New Orleans41.5 mi away

9%14

Slidell26.2 mi away

4%7

Baton Rouge74.1 mi away

4%7

Metairie48.1 mi away

4%7

Mandeville22.3 mi away

4%6

Hammond33.9 mi away

4%6

Madisonville23.2 mi away

1%2

Franklinton19.4 mi away

1%2

Bogalusa8.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%86

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.

45%

21%

30%

4%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun are

9 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

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Sun residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

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.