Sunset Village has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 30 jobs in Sunset Village, and 403 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Sunset Village; the top destination outside it is Thomaston (17%, 5 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers; Georgia has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sunset Village and work: the main findings
Sunset Village is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Sunset Village, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sunset Village has about 450 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Sunset Village workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 403 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Sunset Village, and who commutes in
On a workday 401 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Sunset Village on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Half of Sunset Village commutes less than 31 miles
About 32% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Sunset Village
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunset Village workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 commuters (the 3% 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.
Out of Sunset Village to work: where people go
Where Sunset Village clocks in
17% of workers
5% 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.
What Sunset Village’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunset Village, 2014 → 2024: 37 → 30. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sunset Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Village: questions
What is the median household income in Sunset Village?
$71,574 (±$8,460) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunset Village?
0.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunset Village?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunset Village work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thomaston (17%, 5 mi), Atlanta (5%, 60 mi), Griffin (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sunset Village 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 Sunset Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunset Village
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.