With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Sunnyland works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Sunnyland B+; getting around on foot earns it C. Employers in Sunnyland report 15 jobs, against 406 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sunnyland apart
Sunnyland is a place people come home to
There are 15 jobs based in Sunnyland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sunnyland has about 840 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sunnyland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sunnyland is Chicago, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (56) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Sunnyland workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. 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 406 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Sunnyland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Sunnyland is better than 69% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Sunnyland’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (21.0%) is left out: Sunnyland’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, Sunnyland could be anywhere from C to A+.
Sunnyland on a workday afternoon
On a workday 406 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Sunnyland on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
How far Sunnyland’s workers travel
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.
Getting to work from Sunnyland takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunnyland workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 471 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
14% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Sunnyland clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
Sunnyland works in goods: 33% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunnyland, 2014 → 2024: 22 → 15. 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 Sunnyland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Sunnyland, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sunnyland is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 471 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 0.0% of Sunnyland households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sunnyland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sunnyland is 852nd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 850 | Chesterfield MA | 1,154 | $104K | 6.4% | 2.9% | 1% | B+ |
| 851 | Woodmohr WI | 1,019 | $87K | 4.3% | 3.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 852 | Sunnyland IL | 1,231 | $91K | 15.4% | 21.0% | 0% | B+ |
| 853 | Henryville IN | 1,691 | $72K | 6.9% | 1.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 854 | Anna Maria FL | 1,023 | $104K | 6.0% | 0.0% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Sunnyland, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Sunnyland’s workers
The biggest share goes to Joliet (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sunnyland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyland | – | B+ | C | 30 min | $90,813 |
| Joliet | 11% | B | B+ | 29 min | $92,201 |
| Crest Hill | 1% | B− | B+ | 28 min | $73,033 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sunnyland’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 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 Sunnyland: questions
What is the median household income in Sunnyland?
$90,813 (±$38,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunnyland?
15.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunnyland?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunnyland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (14%, 30 mi), Joliet (11%, 4 mi), Bolingbrook (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sunnyland walkable?
Sunnyland is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sunnyland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunnyland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunnyland
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. 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.