Salina School · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Sunshine commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
9% of workers work from home (Colorado 21%). There are 33 jobs in Sunshine for 71 working residents. Only 1% work in Sunshine itself; outside it, Boulder draws the most (31%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Sunshine: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Sunshine on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
Where Sunshine’s working residents head each day
Where Sunshine clocks in
31% of workers
13% 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.
In Sunshine, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunshine, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 33. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunshine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Sunshine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunshine workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 260 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sunshine
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.
How Sunshine compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sunshine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine | – | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Crisman | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Crisman: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sunshine’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Sunshine: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sunshine?
7.3%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunshine?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunshine work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boulder (31%, 7 mi), Denver (13%, 33 mi), Lakewood (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sunshine 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 Sunshine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunshine
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.