Work & commute · Sunray

Work & commute in Sunray, TX

Most working residents leave Sunray for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Cactus (13%), Dumas (10%) and Amarillo (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

106 of 582 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 476 Sunray residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunray.

476live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunray goes to work

Sunray (in town)right here

18%106

Cactus10.4 mi away

13%73

Dumas13.4 mi away

10%59

Amarillo56.6 mi away

8%44

Lubbock169.8 mi away

3%16

Dalhart38.5 mi away

2%11

Borger34.3 mi away

1%8

Plainview126.4 mi away

1%6

Dallas364.3 mi away

1%5

Clovis, NM133.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%250

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

How far

How far Sunray commutes

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

29%

31%

33%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunray is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunray are

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

Jobs based in Sunray

417 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Sunray residents hold

582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−46%

Jobs based in Sunray, 2013 → 2023: 779 → 417. 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.