With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Sunny Slopes works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Sunny Slopes; the top destination outside it is Mammoth Lakes (22%, 18 miles). Employers in Sunny Slopes report 16 jobs for 65 working residents. 20% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Sunny Slopes
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Sunny Slopes on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Sunny Slopes: the destinations
Where Sunny Slopes clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 88% of the jobs in Sunny Slopes
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunny Slopes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sunny Slopes
of Sunny Slopes workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Sunny Slopes to work
About 45% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Sunny Slopes: questions
What is the median household income in Sunny Slopes?
$203,698 (±$821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunny Slopes?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sunny Slopes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mammoth Lakes (22%, 18 mi), Bishop (11%, 21 mi), Bridgeport (6%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sunny Slopes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunny Slopes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunny Slopes
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.