Work & commute · Sunset

Work & commute in Sunset, UT

Most working residents leave Sunset for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ogden (18%), Salt Lake City (13%) and Layton (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 2,515 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,468 Sunset residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 1,219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunset.

2,468live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

1,219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunset goes to work

Ogden7 mi away

18%444

Salt Lake City25.6 mi away

13%318

Layton5.5 mi away

10%254

Clearfield2.9 mi away

7%183

West Valley City31.1 mi away

3%76

Riverdale2.8 mi away

3%72

Roy2.5 mi away

2%60

Kaysville8.7 mi away

2%54

Farmington12.4 mi away

2%52

North Salt Lake20.9 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%951

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

How far

How far Sunset commutes

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

53%

13%

28%

53%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunset is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunset are

1,266 jobs are based in Sunset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunset’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sunset

1,266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Sunset residents hold

2,515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+21%

Jobs based in Sunset, 2013 → 2023: 1,047 → 1,266. 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.