Photo: Ven-Lib · CC BY-SA 4.0Sunset’s household incomes are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 89% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #38 of 638 in Florida.
Walkability A: more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns · #162 of 638 in Florida.
Working residents average 34 minutes each way (Florida 28, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Sunset; the top destination outside it is Miami (24%, 10 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.6 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sunset
Sunset trades workers with the towns around it
Sunset has about as many jobs (6,792) as working residents (6,957), but they are mostly different people: 6,632 residents leave for work each day while 6,467 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Sunset are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Sunset’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 34 minutes, longer than the Florida average of 28. Time on the road ↓
Sunset draws workers from far and wide
The 6,792 jobs in Sunset are filled from a wide area. Sunset’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 35%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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 Sunset’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sunset is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #38 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sunset could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 6,632 residents head out to work, 325 work right here, and 6,467 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunset workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,177 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
24% of working residents work in Miami
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Sunset clocks in
24% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
6,792 jobs are based in Sunset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunset, 2013 → 2023: 6,356 → 6,792. 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.
Half of Sunset commutes less than 8 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Sunset is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sunset is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #162 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,097 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 4.9% of Sunset households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Sunset’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sunset is 447th of 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sunset, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
| # | 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 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 445 | Richland Township IN | 15,217 | $101K | 3.9% | 1.6% | 16% | A |
| 446 | Forks Township PA | 16,879 | $110K | 4.5% | 3.1% | 7% | A |
| 447 | Sunset FL | 13,535 | $109K | 9.1% | 2.4% | 5% | A |
| 448 | Spring Hill KS | 10,777 | $112K | 7.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| 449 | Los Alamos NM | 13,317 | $141K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 77% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
Sunset and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kendall (6%). Darker towns draw more of Sunset’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 Sunset: questions
What is the median household income in Sunset?
$109,401 (±$15,421) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunset?
9.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunset?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunset work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (24%, 10 mi), Coral Gables (7%, 6 mi), Kendall (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sunset walkable?
Sunset is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sunset without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunset
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.