Work & commute · Sunnyside

Work & commute in Sunnyside, WA

About one in 4 of Sunnyside’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Yakima (11%), Grandview (6%) and Prosser (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

1,628 of 5,735 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 4,107 Sunnyside residents head out of town to work, 1,628 work right here, and 5,151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunnyside.

4,107live here, work elsewhere

1,628live and work here

5,151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunnyside goes to work

Sunnyside (in town)right here

28%1,628

Yakima32.1 mi away

11%614

Grandview6.8 mi away

6%343

Prosser13.5 mi away

4%202

Richland34 mi away

3%152

Seattle142.6 mi away

2%122

Toppenish15.3 mi away

2%113

Kennewick40.5 mi away

2%95

Pasco42.4 mi away

1%86

Granger9.2 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,327

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.

46%

14%

24%

16%

46%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunnyside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunnyside are

6,779 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

6,779 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sunnyside residents hold

5,735 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+11%

Jobs based in Sunnyside, 2013 → 2023: 6,099 → 6,779. 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.