Work & commute · Sunrise

Work & commute in Sunrise, MN

Most working residents leave Sunrise for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are North Branch (9%), Rush City (8%) and St. Paul (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,094 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,087 Sunrise residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunrise.

1,087live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunrise goes to work

North Branch4.6 mi away

9%98

Rush City9.8 mi away

8%84

St. Paul43.3 mi away

6%62

Minneapolis45 mi away

5%57

Cambridge16.4 mi away

3%34

Forest Lake21.5 mi away

3%33

Blaine30.8 mi away

3%31

Wyoming15.5 mi away

3%29

Edina51.4 mi away

3%28

Roseville39.5 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%615

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.

16%

22%

45%

17%

16%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunrise is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunrise are

113 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

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Sunrise residents hold

1,094 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+10%

Jobs based in Sunrise, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 113. 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.