Work & commute · Sunnyslope

Work & commute in Sunnyslope, WA

Most working residents leave Sunnyslope for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wenatchee (41%), East Wenatchee (5%) and Seattle (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,872 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,859 Sunnyslope residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunnyslope.

1,859live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunnyslope goes to work

Wenatchee4.9 mi away

41%768

East Wenatchee6.9 mi away

5%102

Seattle93.5 mi away

5%99

Cashmere5.2 mi away

3%58

Bellevue84.4 mi away

2%38

Chelan28.3 mi away

2%32

Yakima63.8 mi away

2%32

Leavenworth15.8 mi away

2%30

Moses Lake56.8 mi away

1%22

Kirkland87.2 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%673

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

How far

How far Sunnyslope commutes

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

54%

35%

54%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunnyslope is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunnyslope are

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

Jobs based in Sunnyslope

275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sunnyslope residents hold

1,872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Sunnyslope, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 275. 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.