Sun Village has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C−: better than 24% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #689 of 847 in California.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns · #735 of 847 in California.
Household incomes here are lower than in 55% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 41 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Sun Village; the top destination outside it is Los Angeles (23%, 45 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Sun Village, in brief
Sun Village’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sun Village is Los Angeles, 45 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (949) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Sun Village workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Sun Village is a place people come home to
There are 619 jobs based in Sun Village, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sun Village has about 7,500 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Sun Village workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Sun Village
56% of Sun Village residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Sun Village pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Sun Village’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sun Village is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #689 of 847 in California. Household income holds Sun Village’s grade up ($72,173, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sun Village could be anywhere from D to B.
Half of Sun Village commutes less than 38 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
About 41 minutes each way, longer than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sun Village workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,265 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Sun Village quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4,058 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 518 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Sun Village on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 619 jobs in Sun Village are
619 jobs are based in Sun Village. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sun Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sun Village, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 619. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
23% of working residents work in Los Angeles
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Sun Village clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Most trips from Sun Village start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sun Village is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #735 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,417 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Sun Village households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Sun Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sun Village is 2,079th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sun Village, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,077 | Pell City AL | 14,320 | $69K | 20.8% | 7.4% | 20% | C− |
| 2,078 | Warrensville Heights OH | 13,353 | $50K | 21.4% | 8.3% | 4% | C− |
| 2,079 | Sun Village CA | 11,036 | $72K | 15.5% | 6.1% | 2% | C− |
| 2,080 | Presque Isle ME | 8,694 | $56K | 15.5% | 3.6% | 56% | C− |
| 2,081 | Wagoner OK | 8,405 | $58K | 16.1% | 6.1% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
10% of Sun Village works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Palmdale (9%). Darker towns draw more of Sun Village’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sun Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Village | – | C− | C+ | 41 min | $72,173 |
| Palmdale | 9% | C | B | 40 min | $81,770 |
| Littlerock | 1% | C | C− | 44 min | $56,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sun Village: questions
What is the median household income in Sun Village?
$72,173 (±$5,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sun Village?
15.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sun Village?
41 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sun Village work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (23%, 45 mi), Palmdale (9%, 9 mi), Lancaster (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sun Village walkable?
Sun Village is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sun Village without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sun Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sun Village
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.