Sunnyside’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Georgia 16%). 21.7% of residents live below the poverty line; Georgia has 13.4%. For jobs and income Sunnyside is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Sunnyside apart on work
Sunnyside is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Sunnyside, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sunnyside has about 580 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sunnyside and Waycross trade workers both ways
Waycross is the top workplace for Sunnyside residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Sunnyside come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Sunnyside are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
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 529 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Sunnyside’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car holds Sunnyside’s grade up (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,283, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Sunnyside’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sunnyside could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Who leaves Sunnyside for work, and who comes in
On a workday 527 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Sunnyside on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.14 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.
37% of working residents work in Waycross
Where Sunnyside clocks in
37% of workers
4% of workers
2% 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.
How long Sunnyside spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunnyside workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 702 commuters (the 0% 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 Sunnyside’s employers do
75 jobs are based in Sunnyside.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunnyside, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 75. 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 Sunnyside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Sunnyside goes to work
About 31% 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.
For most of Sunnyside, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 702 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Sunnyside households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sunnyside’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sunnyside places 2,583rd of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Winterville GA | 1,203 | $111K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Clermont GA | 1,165 | $136K | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | Robins AFB GA | 1,193 | $107K | 5.9% | 9.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,581 | LeChee AZ | 1,307 | $62K | 15.1% | 3.3% | 0% | D |
| 2,582 | Andrews FL | 1,275 | $53K | 13.6% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 2,583 | Sunnyside GA | 1,031 | $44K | 21.7% | 0.0% | <1% | D |
| 2,584 | Memphis MI | 1,091 | $57K | 24.7% | 4.3% | 3% | D |
| 2,585 | Huntsville MO | 1,362 | $53K | 17.9% | 0.0% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sunnyside, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns next door employ 39% of Sunnyside
The biggest share goes to Waycross (37%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Sunnyside’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 Sunnyside: questions
What is the median household income in Sunnyside?
$44,283 (±$37,632) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunnyside?
21.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunnyside?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunnyside work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waycross (37%, 2 mi), Blackshear (4%, 6 mi), Douglas (2%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sunnyside walkable?
Sunnyside is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunnyside
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.