Work & commute · Sunnyside

Work & commute in Sunnyside, MN

Most working residents leave Sunnyside for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wahpeton (20%), Breckenridge (16%) and Rothsay (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 43 Sunnyside residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunnyside.

43live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunnyside goes to work

Wahpeton, ND8.1 mi away

20%9

Breckenridge6.7 mi away

16%7

Rothsay18 mi away

9%4

Fergus Falls18.1 mi away

7%3

Willmar102.4 mi away

4%2

Fargo, ND46.8 mi away

4%2

Nordick13.8 mi away

4%2

Sunnyside (in town)right here

4%2

Elbow Lake28.4 mi away

2%1

Alexandria57.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%12

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.

40%

24%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunnyside is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunnyside are

43 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

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sunnyside residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+19%

Jobs based in Sunnyside, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 43. 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.