Work & commute · Sunnyvale

Work & commute in Sunnyvale, TX

Most working residents leave Sunnyvale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (38%), Mesquite (9%) and Garland (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

228 of 4,276 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 4,048 Sunnyvale residents head out of town to work, 228 work right here, and 5,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunnyvale.

4,048live here, work elsewhere

228live and work here

5,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunnyvale goes to work

Dallas12.1 mi away

38%1,644

Mesquite3.1 mi away

9%388

Sunnyvale (in town)right here

5%228

Garland8.7 mi away

4%181

Plano20.6 mi away

4%161

Richardson14.8 mi away

4%153

Irving24.2 mi away

3%141

Fort Worth45.9 mi away

2%105

Arlington33.6 mi away

2%80

Houston219.3 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,130

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

How far

How far Sunnyvale commutes

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

25%

54%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunnyvale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunnyvale are

5,402 jobs are based in Sunnyvale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunnyvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sunnyvale

5,402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Sunnyvale residents hold

4,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+58%

Jobs based in Sunnyvale, 2013 → 2023: 3,427 → 5,402. 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.