With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Sunny Side works elsewhere
Sunny Side has 21 jobs for 364 working residents. Hardly any work in Sunny Side; the top destination outside it is Atlanta (9%, 30 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home; Georgia has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sunny Side: the figures worth knowing
Sunny Side is a place people come home to
There are 21 jobs based in Sunny Side, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sunny Side has about 650 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sunny Side’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sunny Side is Atlanta, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (33) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 364 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Sunny Side for work, and who comes in
On a workday 363 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Sunny Side on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The distance from Sunny Side to work
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.
Commuting out of Sunny Side: the destinations
Where Sunny Side clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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: 43% of the jobs in Sunny Side
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunny Side, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 21. 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 Sunny Side’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Sunny Side spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunny Side workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
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 Side: questions
What is the median household income in Sunny Side?
$44,750 (±$20,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunny Side?
32.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunny Side?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunny Side work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (9%, 30 mi), Griffin (9%, 7 mi), Sandy Springs (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sunny Side without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunny Side, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunny Side
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.